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Importing from Excel and displaying in Excel (IS THIS POSSIBLE?)

  • April 14, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    #95851

    We want to log data into different Excel files and connect these files to SQL Server 2000 where they will all be saved in the same table. Is there a way for this to be done or will I have to develop an application to do it?

    Can i then take the information found in SQL server 2000 and display it like a view in an Excel file?

    I'm open to any suggestions. I'm just trying to find some easy and simple solutions.

    Basically what will be happening is that User1, 2, 3 will be imputting data into a spreadsheet. Each spreadsheet will save or empty its information into SQL Server. Then they will be able to open a different spreadsheet and view data entered by all three users.

    Thanks!

  • June 24, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    #833663

    The answer is "Yes"... both can be done. Create a view in SQL Server to look at the data you want and then create a spreadsheet to use "External Data". You can even make it automatically refresh once a minute or any time frame you chose.

    So far as using the Excel sheet for data entry, make a macro for them that will save the data as a Tab delimited or CSV file and import them using Bulk Insert.

    --Jeff Moden

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  • June 25, 2008 at 11:15 am

    #834156

    For using Excel and SQL Server might I suggest this article which I found to be extremely informative and as a bonus includes sample code

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-excel-workbench/

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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