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The government doesn't use SQL (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Basically the difference is with a SQL database you have way more options for how to create, manage & interact with the data.

Spreadsheets are great for sharing snapshots of data, and there's a level of automation you can build into them, but the scale of what you can do goes up dramatically when your data is in a proper database instead of just an excel file.