Re: [PHP-DB] web to access/excel

2001-05-22 Thread Ken Wills


You can write "excel" files (ie files that excel associates with, if you have it) very 
easily
by just using a .csv extension, and the following type format:

"field1", "field2", "field3"

(ie print "\"field1\",\"field2\",\"field3\""; )
Excel will display this as if it were a "spreadsheet".

If you need to get more fancy than this, you could create something to write .dif files
(again, a text based format.)

Ken

* Jonathan Hilgeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010522 10:16]:
> Hi Russ,
> Try this package:
> http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/package/237
> 
> You need to register for free to gain access, but this package is supposed
> to write Excel binary files. 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Russ Michell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 5:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] web to access/excel
> 
> 
> *Apologies for cross-postings**
> 
> Hi there all:
> 
> Does anyone know of a product - preferably free, that once 
> installed, can take info from an ordinary HTML web based form and 
> drop it into an access/excel database/spreadsheet?? or a 
> pre-defined/written script or class written for Apache/php4/MySQL that 
> has the information filtering and sorting capabilites of excel/access??
> 
> One of our departments urgently requires such functionality to increase 
> processing times of student enquiries. At present the information from 
> the students is in a non-standardised format in the form of an email 
> that has to be processed by hand.
> 
> The data needs to be formalised from a structured online form, and 
> inserted into an access/excel type 'environment' that current 
> (non-web technical) administrators are familliar with.
> 
> Any suggestions are most welcome.
> 
> Again I apologise for the cross posting but this is a pressing matter, 
> that requires I find a pointer to a solution, or an actual solution 
> as fast as I can!
> 
> Kind regards:
> Russ
> 
> 
> 
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RE: [PHP-DB] web to access/excel

2001-05-22 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman

Hi Russ,
Try this package:
http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/package/237

You need to register for free to gain access, but this package is supposed
to write Excel binary files. 

Jonathan

-Original Message-
From: Russ Michell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 5:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] web to access/excel


*Apologies for cross-postings**

Hi there all:

Does anyone know of a product - preferably free, that once 
installed, can take info from an ordinary HTML web based form and 
drop it into an access/excel database/spreadsheet?? or a 
pre-defined/written script or class written for Apache/php4/MySQL that 
has the information filtering and sorting capabilites of excel/access??

One of our departments urgently requires such functionality to increase 
processing times of student enquiries. At present the information from 
the students is in a non-standardised format in the form of an email 
that has to be processed by hand.

The data needs to be formalised from a structured online form, and 
inserted into an access/excel type 'environment' that current 
(non-web technical) administrators are familliar with.

Any suggestions are most welcome.

Again I apologise for the cross posting but this is a pressing matter, 
that requires I find a pointer to a solution, or an actual solution 
as fast as I can!

Kind regards:
Russ



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[PHP-DB] web to access/excel

2001-05-22 Thread Russ Michell

*Apologies for cross-postings**

Hi there all:

Does anyone know of a product - preferably free, that once 
installed, can take info from an ordinary HTML web based form and 
drop it into an access/excel database/spreadsheet?? or a 
pre-defined/written script or class written for Apache/php4/MySQL that 
has the information filtering and sorting capabilites of excel/access??

One of our departments urgently requires such functionality to increase 
processing times of student enquiries. At present the information from 
the students is in a non-standardised format in the form of an email 
that has to be processed by hand.

The data needs to be formalised from a structured online form, and 
inserted into an access/excel type 'environment' that current 
(non-web technical) administrators are familliar with.

Any suggestions are most welcome.

Again I apologise for the cross posting but this is a pressing matter, 
that requires I find a pointer to a solution, or an actual solution 
as fast as I can!

Kind regards:
Russ



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  "Believe nothing - consider everything"   
  
  Russ Michell
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  w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam
  t: +44 (0)1223 363271 x 2331

  www.theruss.com

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