Open SQL database with Excel, keep it relational?

Is this possible ?

Can I possibly have a SQL database opened with excel ? I’m wondering for development testing if it’s possible to have tables interact with each other using macros or linked sheets (ie column A from table 1 is used in column B from table 2)

does anyone know if such a tool has been written ?

Thanks

mlk

(ps I use mysql on my server if that’s of use)