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Want to use Excel2010 cell column as driver for SQL Server 2008 query

Tough to believe I'm the only one but..I want to use the Connection functionality in Excel to connect to a SQL Server database and populate column X based upon using a value in Excel column A as the primary key, but unable to find out how. I have tried (typing in the command text window) select name from pbaTable where pbaid = (and ...

How do I use Amazon itemlookup API with VBA (Excel)

I have a AccessKeyID and a SecretAccessKey, I can't find any working example with VBA on Excel. How can one ItemLookup with VBA, someone has a working example. Do I need besides the two keys for anything else? ...

What programme to use for large database (numbers) later to use for calculation, analysis and graphic?

Currently, I am working on a folder of Excel which consist of database (number) size of 1.34GB 63 files and growing. I can continue to work in Excel but I have to separate one large piece of file into several sub-files which is not very convenience and sometimes confusing when it come to calculation, analysis and graphic. I wonder if th...

ASP/VBScript generated Excel file is blank

Hi all, I have a bit of code that I've used many times to export an HTML table into an Excel file, and it works fine. But now I have a new report that I need to be able to export that works fine when viewed as an HTML page, but viewed in Excel the entire spreadsheet is blank - no grid, no data, nothing. <%Response.ContentType = "applic...

Show Excel 2007 Ribbon in XLS file using Excel VBA

Hi, I have a excel dashboard which works such that before the excel file is closed, I would like to display all the EXCEL ribbon, so that next time excel is opened, the application / excel will show the ribbon. At present, it does not show the ribbon if excel is opened. Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(cancel As Boolean) On Err...

Cataloging web/db/app servers in an organisation - Excel/Wiki/???

I've inherited "ownership" of various servers (the hardware itself and server software that runs on in - lots of Apache/Oracle/MySQL) with a wide variety of configurations. I'm a developer - I've been thrown into a Team Leader/Systems Support role for some very unfortunate reasons. Do any of you guys in the SysAdmin world have any trick...

PHP Excel, but no Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer

Hello. I need to save some data in .xls file. I am trying to use PEAR library Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer. It is work. But now i am working with hosting without PEAR. Of cause, it is very terrible. Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer has a lot of dependencies. I need a module or code, which i can include in my scripts. Thx. ...

Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider throws could not find installable ISAM exception

Hi, I'm trying to read Excel spreadsheets with a 64bit Process. Therefore I use the 64 bit Version of Micorosft Access Database Engine 2010. The following code var cs = @"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" + @"Data Source=C:\test.xls;" + @"Extended Properties=""Excel 14.0;"""); con = new OleDbConnection(cs); con.Op...

Convert excel to xml in asp.net

Hai, I have two columns with id,name in the excel sheet.I want to convert into xml file in the below format Copper Kettle Copper Penny Copperhead Coppertone ...

Is there a way to force Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB to get date Columns in MM/DD/YYYY format from Excel?

Hi, I am having a problem with reading DateColumns from an excel sheet. Sometimes people use different date Formats and this brings a problem. Let's say when I expect 07/26/2010 from an Excel column I get "26-Jul-2010" because the user has changed its date format. I use Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB for reading the xls sheet into a DataTable. ...

How to create an excel chart using py-appscript?

Hey! I am using Excel 2011 v14 and trying to dynamically create a chart based on the selected range on my worksheet. To select a range, I use the following code segment: xl = app('Microsoft Excel') tcell = 'B' qcell = 'C' for r in xrange(2, 16): xl.cells[tcell + str(r)].value.set(r) xl.cells[qcell + str(r)].value.set(random.ra...

XSL Taking XML transforming it into Excel

Hi everyone, New guy here so bear with me. Ive got a basic XSL file that will read my xml data. Im trying to put xml into Excel. Heres my issue. With a small XML file it seems to convert it easly, BUT with this XML file that had several nodes ( I think they are called), when I call up the data, its not right. I want to only show info ...

C# - Excel: Is the cell object a COM object?

Working with Excel interop, I'm trying be very careful about not implicitly creating any objects (c.f. two dot rule) and ensuring that everything is properly released. If I create an System.Object from a COM object property, is that object a COM object? To clarify, take the case of the cell object below. Do I need to call Marshal.Relea...

How do I connect to different versions of Excel from C#?

I have a program that imports data from Excel into a dataset. To connect to Excel I use the following code... return new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" + "Data Source=" + fileName + "; Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5;"+ "Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;\""); I just got a new computer with Excel 2010 and now the connectio...

Microsoft Excel as end to end reporting solution for .Net applications

Is it possible that capabilities of Microsoft Excel be leveraged for offering an end-to-end professional quality reporting solution? Assuming we use processing capabilities on the server side and rendering capabilities on the client side, can such a combination be used to replace popular commercial reporting solutions? I will appreciat...

How to run a SQL Query from Excel in VBA on changing a Dropdown.

I'm trying to create a dropdown that upon changing the selection from the list of options will run a query that will insert the query results into the page. Here's what I have thus far: Sub DropDown1_Change() Dim dbConnect As String Dim leagueCode As String Dim leagueList As Range Dim leagueVal As String Dim TeamDat...

Creating a Macro that copies a date from one spreadsheet and moves it into another

Hi there, I have no experience with developing macros but hope you may be able to help. We have 12 excel spreadsheets that monitor the distribution of documents. Each time a document is distributed, the date that document was distributed is entered into its relevant excel spreadsheet. What we would like to do is create a seperate exc...

PHP Excel Format instead of form

Is there an API in PHP which allows the user to add records by just filling out an excel-like table instead of having to fill up a usual form-look page. After the user will fill in the fields, the record will auto save the record in the database. I want it to work just like ordinary form with post method in PHP. It will allow the user to...

Excel 2003 VBA fails to call SQL sproc with temporary tables

I am trying to get resultset from SQL 2008 sproc into Excel 2003 using VBA. It worked for few sprocs but when I tried the one which uses temp table or table variable VBA fails with err 3704 "Operation is not allowed when the object is closed" on the following line: Sheet1.Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rsMyDB If I comment out select i...

Link an Excel sheet to a Table in MS Access - Using VBScript

Hi, I am trying to create a Linked table in MS Access linked to Excel sheet. I want to do this through VBscripting. My Scenario is i will have a excel sheet which will be updated very often. But my script picks up the values from the table in MSAccess which should be a replica of the Excel sheet (Linked table). So i want to know if t...