do something useful with Apps Script in 5 minutes1.Use a spreadsheet as a database

Bruce McPhersonwww.mcpher.com

Snippet objectives

● Set up a spreadsheet for use as a database● Demonstrate Read/write/delete updating

Libraries used● database abstraction● driver sheet

Add libraries to script

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layout what you are going to dofunction myFunction() {

// open spreadsheet as database

// do a query

// add a new record

// do a query and sort and limit

// delete added record

// count query

}

Get a handler for the sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14xvwnQwhvw4jSGRBo7ZbJvNaNu438-5mMl2u_TJswlw/edit?usp=sharing

// open spreadsheet as database

var handler = new cDbAbstraction.DbAbstraction (cDriverSheet, {

siloid:'carrierCodes',

dbid:'14xvwnQwhvw4jSGRBo7ZbJvNaNu438-5mMl2u_TJswlw',

});

if (!handler.isHappy()) throw 'unable to open sheet';

Do a query

// do a query

var result = handler.query ({carrier:'UA'});

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

Logger.log(result.data);

result...

[{name=United Airlines, carrier=UA}]

Add something and query

// add a new record

var result = handler.save ({carrier:'xx',name:'Dodgy Air'});

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

// do a query and sort and limit

var result = handler.query ({},{sort:'-carrier',limit:5});

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

Logger.log(result.data);

result...

[{name=Dodgy Air, carrier=xx}, {name=Great Lakes Airlines, carrier=ZK}, {name=Great Lakes Airlines, carrier=ZK}, {name=Shenzhen Airlines, carrier=ZH}, {name=Monarch Airways, carrier=ZB}]

delete and count

// delete added record

var result = handler.remove ({name:'Dodgy Air'});

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

// count query

var result = handler.count ();

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

Logger.log(result.data);

result...

[{count=199.0}]

Follow up materials

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