Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: PL/SQL to EXCEL file Question

Re: PL/SQL to EXCEL file Question

From: Jerry Bull <gbbull_at_uswest.com>
Date: 1997/04/28
Message-ID: <3364BD7D.5F45@uswest.com>#1/1

Lun Wing San wrote:
>
> John Zeigler wrote:
> >
> > I have a company hard copy form that has been duplicated electronically in
> > Excel 7. The information to populate it is in Oracle 7.3.2.3. Is there a
> > way to do this using PL/SQL?
>
> Yes, it can use UTL_FILE to do it. However, I think they used SPOOL in SQL*Plus rather
> than PL/ SQL.
>

Another way would be to use Forms 4.5 and use the DDE package to open and write directly into an Excel Spreadsheet. I have done this and it works pretty slick.

Jerry.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------
Jerry Bull, Sr. MTS                Phone: 303-624-3073
U S WEST Information Technologies  Fax:   303-624-8462
931 14th Street, Suite 920
Denver, CO  80202             Email: gbbull_at_uswest.com     
------------------------------------------------------
Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US