Is Excel sheet a database?

What type of database is Excel?

Spreadsheet, meet relational database There are many different kinds of databases, but the specific type of database SQL can communicate with is known as a relational database. Just as an Excel workbook is composed of spreadsheets, a relational database is composed of tables, like the one below.

Is Excel the same as database?

Database is actually very similar to Excel workbook. Databases store data in table (worksheet) and tables have records (rows) and fields (columns). But worksheet in an Excel workbook can only store one million rows where tables in database can store billion, trillion... records.

Should Excel be used as a database?

No version control Using Excel as a database puts you at risk of working with inaccurate information, and wasting time. Because updates are only available after users have actively saved changes, and files can be saved to any location, there can be multiple versions with conflicting or outdated data to manage.