Re: HOWTO create in UNIX a *.xlsx (M$ Excel) with data from Oracle (not CSV!)

Hi Sven,

> Is it possible to make a native Excel sheet from UNIX? We need basic
> formatting of the resulting sheet.
> For example the field act_msg is a VARCHAR2 with 4000 Byte. In CSV
> this is a mess...

I've had this same request.  I ended up writing a Perl program using the
handy Perl module Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.

A Google search -- or just go right to search.cpan.org -- should bring you
to the module with a few simple yet complete examples to hopefully get you
started.

HTH!  GL!

Rich


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