write a macro which will create a file with insert statments from the data
in the excel sheet.
run the macro get the file and run it on the linux box
Gurvinder Singh
www.gurvindersingh.com

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> If this is a one off excercise, ie you only have to do it once and
> afterwards things will be dealt with ENTIRELY through the MySQL database,
> you could save the spreadsheet as a CSV file and work with that.
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> HTH,
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> Richy
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> Excel on its own is a compiled document. However, I think there was some
> way to do that. I remember I had to do it for MS Aceess files (Access ->
> mySQL) and i used a tool made by a brasilian guy, (someone remind me the
> name). I have the feeling that this is accomplisheable. Not sure if
> directly on Linux box...
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> "Adam Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... :
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> > Hello ...
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> > I was wondering if anyone had a good resource or code sample for opening
> ( or accessing ) an excel spreadsheet using php.  I need to be able to
> convert a spreadsheet of products and info to a table of products in a
> mysql database.  Also ... I need to be able to perform this on a Linux
> machine.  Any help would be great.
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> > Thanks guys!
> > Adam Ferguson
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