[brochington]

Ah, yes, Maybe I should clarify who my intended user would be. I agree that if you are technical, you are probably better off using other query methods. I'm always surprised what folks are on here, so was hoping a few would find this question.

> There might be a lot of people here who have, say, that upper-level manager who keeps asking for reports for which the HN person has to figure out how to get the data.

This is 100% the use case I was thinking.

> One caveat, though: I wouldn't want to hand anyone - even a professional - write access with this kind of a tool.

Agree! Not sure how this ever would be safe enough for edits.