fyi - this is off topic since it does not have anything to do with mod_perl in particular. you should really ask on: news://comp.lang.perl.modules
or one of the other newsgroups: news://comp.lang.perl.moderated news://comp.lang.perl.misc or on this helpful website: http://www.perlmonks.org/ when you ask a question like "are there any modules", think http://search.cpan.org/ one of the best things about perl, is this site and the well organized set of modules that exist on it. a simple search for 'excel' brought up this likely candidate for your use: http://search.cpan.org/doc/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2403/ParseExcel.pm good luck and enjoy perl! cliff Ian wrote: > The campus phone system has a 911 database that is in Microsoft Excel > format, and they want to be able to take that information, and show > it on a webpage, either via a search form, or in one big table. The > problem is, they want to do it dynamically...the web server needs to > yank it down from a samba share (or ftp), parse it, show it, and > terminate. > > I'm really **really** new at anything perl wise...so I haven't the > foggiest clue as to where I should start. > > I've finally gotten Apache/Mod Perl/Mod SSL installed, and working > properly. Are there any modules for pulling information from an > excel sheet? How about modules that keep the overworked admin from > insanity? -- ___cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.genwax.com/