RE: RE: [PHP-DB] how is it possible to read data from an excel workbook ?

thanks for your attention the question is that im 'working' on a software to automate a weekly employee task that resumes to import a excel file that comes in zip format from the mother-company with new prices and products, to update an accounting software that uses M$ access db. there are already access databases that import the file, merge the new data with the old and update the databases ... ( i made a vb aplication to fire up the databases in the right sequence ) but its very complicated to the person in question so i thinked of a php aplication to upload the file and replace the work made by Acess -----Mensagem original----- De: Jeremy Peterson [mailto:jeremy.peterson@moody.edu] Enviada: quinta-feira, 13 de Junho de 2002 14:41 Para: jmoreira@e-terno.net Assunto: Re: [PHP-DB] how is it possible to read data from an excel workbook ? Why use PHP to do this, there are plenty of tools to in Access to import from Excel. Unless there are other considerations, use Access to pull that data. (Hint: Link the excel spreadsheet and run an (update or append) query. Jeremy At 02:34 PM 6/13/2002 +0100, you wrote: >i need to read data from a sheet in M$ Excel to update some databases in M$ >Acess ... but how ??? > > >thanks > > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php