Another vote for python. I've used SciPy ( http://www.scipy.org/Download ) before to manipulate and plot data. From memory there is a nice installer that bundles Python and everything else here http://www.pythonxy.com/ .
James On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM, BrianMenzies <bmenz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I need to do some quick and dirty analysis on large dataset (think 300 > fields and 14,000 records). > My typical tool of choice for this sort of thing is Excel but the > files are too large and I don't want to cut them up. > > Can anyone recommend any freely available tools that have the capacity > to chew up large (well large for my world) data sets and let me > analysis them (I'd like to avoid having to write any SQL)? > > Thanks > Brian > PS also recently been teaching myself Blender 3D for business > animations. > Anyone know of any sort of local user group for Blender? > > > Delurk (again) > Was a coder in my dim dark past. > Now at a clean energy startup in Sydney. > Show my face at various Sydney startup-events. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en