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excel and drop down lists

I have an excel spreadsheet with a drop down list (data validation) which is being fed from a sql connection
I want to be able to select a value from this list and get the corresponding row vale in another drop down list showing up on the same sheet

Can someone please give me a scenario to do this

I am familiar with excel and data validation so I only need to know the sequences involved
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The sql connections are all set up and the data is on a spreadsheet (spreadsheet 1)

on a second spreadsheet, using spreadsheet 1 as a source:
I need to be able to select column 1 - Row 1 in one drop down list and the corresponding column 2 - Row 2 will be shown up in the second drop down lost and so on down the rows
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can you explain using the pivot table in a drop down list please
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I don't understand the pivot table
Can you give me a working example please
(I can substitute my own database values)
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thanks very much for your solutions
the examples worked for me
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A spreadsheet is an interactive computer application program for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets developed as computerized simulations of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data represented as cells of an array, organized in rows and columns. Each cell of the array may contain either numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells.

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