On 14-Jun-01 Terminal Velocity wrote:
> I would like to use MySQL to manage my company data, but my clients want
> all their information sent to them in an Excel spreadsheet. Presently I
> use Access, and export a SELECT statement into Excel, and then make a
> couple changes to the Excel file (I just high-lite the updated data).
>
> I want to change the database to MySQL on a Linux box, but the biggest
> issue is being able to export into Excel. I know I can export to a
> tab-delimited text file, but I would prefer to do it all in one step.
>
> Any ideas?
>
I've used *.csv (comma seperated values) for a web-site; IRC, Excel is the
default application for these.
This may not be true anymore, haven't messed with Windows in ages.
& I've heard there is a Perl package that speaks *.xls
Regards,
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