Re: data import from Lotus or Excel to Oracle 8i

I have a little different question related to the same thing.

I am using OAS and the PL cartridge to write HTML. I now want to be able to send someone an Excel file of certain reports. I have used utl_file to write a CSV file that Excel can read, I have also used utl_file to write an HTML file but naming it with a .xls extension. This also will open in Excel. Neither of these two methods are very clean but do provide a spreadsheet with values. Does anyone have a cleaner way of doing this.

Thanks

Michael.

"david.lane_at_mantech.com" wrote:

> Lesley,
>
> There is a third method - there is a piece of software out there
> called ORAXCEL that will take your files from Excel into Oracle
> without the messy scripts inbetween (if you are in a real
> hurry!). Check out http://members.aol.com/gjlinker/
>
> Otherwise, the manual for SQLLoader that came with your Oracle
> software is the next stop. After that, there are two books that
> I rely on - Oracle8 the Complete Reference (OraclePress) and
> Oracle Database Adminstration (O'Reilly and Associates). ODA is
> a little easier to find stuff in and doesn't spend time on
> creating reports, but if the answer is not in O8CR, then you
> have a long hunt ahead of you. I have both at my elbow and the
> doc CD mounted on the server.
>
> Hope this helps - good luck.
>
> DAVID
>
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Received on Tue Feb 01 2000 - 17:46:43 CST