Re: [TCLUG:1889] Non-interactive Excel conversion script

[Christopher McKinley <lamfada@pconline.com>]

Give them the option of getting it in a comma delimited format, Excel
will suck that right up.  I believe that it is *.csv (?) for the
import.  We are using them for database conversion at work right now.

Good Luck.

-Chris

Nate Carlson wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> Anyone know of a script (perl, bash, c, whatever) that will convert
> a tab-deliniated file (or better yet tab-deliniated stdin) to an Excel
> file? I need it for a consulting job I'm working on.. customers hitting a
> web site want the info from the database (based on their search query) in
> an excel format, trying to figure out if it's possible.  If not, I'll just
> set it up to send them a tab-deliniated text file and give 'em
> instructions on how to import it.. thanks!
> 
> -Nate Carlson
>  The Infinite Loop
>  natecars@infiniteloop.com
> 
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