It's also worth mentioning that SQL can be evaluated in a code block - as well as a bunch of other languages, but SQL would be pertinent for this example: #+

It's also worth mentioning that SQL can be evaluated in a code block - as well as a bunch of other languages, but SQL would be pertinent for this example: #+name: my-query #+header: :engine mssql #+header: :dbhost DBServer #+header: :Trusted_Connection True #+header: :database DBName #+begin_src sql select top 3 id, name, description from dbo.Foo #+end_src #+RESULTS: my-query | id | name | description | |----+------------+-------------| | 1 | Name one | abc | | 2 | Name two | xyz | | 3 | Name three | 123 | My example uses MS Sql Server, but of course emacs supports a lot more databases.