Data from/to SQLite with gda

["Liam M. Healy" <lnp healy washington dc us>]

I am trying to connect Gnumeric to a SQLite database using Debian
unstable.  At http://www.gnome-db.org/apps.php it says
"Gnumeric, the GNOME Spreadsheet, lets you insert data coming from a
database into your sheets, by making use of the working-again GDA
plugin" which sounds like what I want.

I am familiar with SQLite and Gnumeric but have never used
Gnumeric with a database backend.  It is not clear to me what packages
to load and what to do; gnumeric-gda seems to have vanished a few
years ago but the description for gnumeric-plugins-extra says it has: 
 o The gda (Gnome Database Access) plugin
 o The GNOME-DB plugin
which sounds promising.
Then for good measure I installed gda2-sqlite, libgnomedb2-4, and
mergeant.  I ran mergeant and I think configured my database
information. I also ran gnome-database-properties.  Then in gnumeric I
select a column and put in =execSQL (using "" for both username and
password) and do shift-return and ... nothing.

A conversation on #gnumeric led me here.  What is the state of db
access from Gnumeric?  What steps do I need to take?  I don't
necessarily need to use Debian-packaged versions, though I'd prefer
that; I can build cvs versions if necessary.  

Any help or tips appreciated.

Liam