Using SQL statements in Excel enables you to connect to an external data source, parse field or table contents and import data – all without having to input the data manually.

You create a CLOB in Oracle through the database's Structured Query Language, or SQL. Using SQL's "ALTER TABLE" statement, you add a CLOB data item to an existing table in your business' database.

In Microsoft Access, you can add records to an existing table that already as data and resize the columns that contain the fields and data.

Here's how to create a pivot table in Excel to slice and dice your data, letting you perform in-depth analyses and spot important trends.

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...