Here's the skinny -- YES and NO. NO in that it won't export directly, YES in that you have to do a little leg work in order for it to be done.
You have 3 options -- ODBC, Code and CSV. ODBC -- Excel has the ability to use ODBC connections to the MySQL database. Run your MySQL query with the HTML flags turned on and then export to a file so that Excel can read it. (Thanks to SGreen for this info from an earlier post). CODE -- If you code it in ASP or PHP, you can get your code to push directly into Excel with field headers and data, and have formatting options because Excel can interpret HTML code. CSV -- Do your MySQL query from the CLI and then use MySQL to export your results to a CSV file. Then open the CSV file in Excel (using the Excel File > Open). See ODBC connection above for another option using the HTML flag. HTH, J.R. -----Original Message----- From: C.R.Vegelin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:35 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: from MySQL to MS Excel ... Hi Friends, I am looking for an easy and seamless way to export MySQL query output to MS Excel. At this moment I am using MS Access 2003 as front-end for a MySQL database. With MS Access I can easily send the output of queries on my database to MS Excel. All I need to do is select Tools > Office Links > Analyze it with Microsoft Office Excel. That's all. This applies to all kinds of MySQL queries, including WITH ROLLUP options. In the manual I found: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/doctoexcel.html But this is too much trouble, and does not allow full functionality of MySQL queries. Question: is it possible to create MS Excel files directly from MySQL ? TIA, Cor
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