Comments on: Creating a Query from an Excel file http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/ Rich Internet solutions utilizing Flex, ActionScript, JavaScript, Dojo, Objective-C, and the iPhone Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:18:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Paul Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-178 Ideally you would add some code to tidy things up as you leave; particularly if there are errors with the Excel file or permissions issues, you need to close things up or reset the service to regain access to the .xls file. Inserting these lines just above the catch{} block seems to do the trick. rs.close(); c.close(); Ideally you would add some code to tidy things up as you leave; particularly if there are errors with the Excel file or permissions issues, you need to close things up or reset the service to regain access to the .xls file. Inserting these lines just above the catch{} block seems to do the trick.

rs.close();
c.close();

]]> By: Ryan Balchand http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Ryan Balchand Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-176 This works great for me except for one minor issue. Importing cells with integers return [empty string]. Any ideas? Example: COLA COLB name ryan (import) date 09/11/08 (import) quantity 3 (empty) This works great for me except for one minor issue. Importing cells with integers return [empty string]. Any ideas?

Example:
COLA COLB
name ryan (import)
date 09/11/08 (import)
quantity 3 (empty)

]]> By: Jack http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Jack Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-194 Hi, This looks good but I've amateurish request, could I see how you actually impliment this? How do you actually query the inoformation and get it to display on your page? This code would be extremely helpful. Thank You, Jack Hi,

This looks good but I’ve amateurish request, could I see how you actually impliment this? How do you actually query the inoformation and get it to display on your page? This code would be extremely helpful.

Thank You,
Jack

]]> By: Kyle Hayes http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Kyle Hayes Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-195 @Jack, you can just simply run a <cfdump var="#query#" /> to see the contents. Otherwise, you can do <cftable query="#query#" /> to see a nicer display. @Jack, you can just simply run a <cfdump var="#query#" /> to see the contents.

Otherwise, you can do <cftable query="#query#" /> to see a nicer display.

]]> By: Justin http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Justin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-196 has anyone found a way to allow this code to read multiple excel spreadsheets? i need it to pull out values from two excel files, but can't figure out a way to read more than one file at a time. any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated. has anyone found a way to allow this code to read multiple excel spreadsheets? i need it to pull out values from two excel files, but can’t figure out a way to read more than one file at a time.
any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated.

]]> By: Kyle Hayes http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Kyle Hayes Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-197 Why couldn't you just loop through the two files? Why couldn’t you just loop through the two files?

]]> By: Kyle Hayes http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Kyle Hayes Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-198 It all depends how you have your two files available to you, I will assume their file references are in an array: <cfset queryArr = arrayNew(1) /> <!--- Array to store returned queries ---> <cfloop from="1" to="#arrayLen(myFileArr)#" index="i"> <cfset arrayAppend(queryArr, getExcelSheet(myFileArr[i], 'sheet1')) /> </cfloop> Obviously you have to customize that code based on how are you are storing your multiple file references, but that is the gist. It all depends how you have your two files available to you, I will assume their file references are in an array:

<cfset queryArr = arrayNew(1) /> <!— Array to store returned queries —>

<cfloop from="1" to="#arrayLen(myFileArr)#" index="i">
<cfset arrayAppend(queryArr, getExcelSheet(myFileArr[i], ‘sheet1′)) />
</cfloop>

Obviously you have to customize that code based on how are you are storing your multiple file references, but that is the gist.

]]> By: Don http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Don Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-172 Kyle, Thank you for putting this up. It has saved me weeks of work and heartache. I really appreciate this. Don Kyle,
Thank you for putting this up. It has saved me weeks of work and heartache. I really appreciate this.
Don

]]> By: Mark http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Mark Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-188 Code works great. I am also in need of code to pull a list of availble sheet names. How would I go about gathering the Metadata? Code works great. I am also in need of code to pull a list of availble sheet names. How would I go about gathering the Metadata?

]]> By: Kyle Hayes http://www.kylehayes.info/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Kyle Hayes Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kylehayes.info/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/12/Creating-a-Query-from-an-Excel-file#comment-189 @Mark - This is a common question. Because of this, I have started to work on a solution. Stay posted, I hope to have a draft of a new ExcelFile CFC today. @Mark – This is a common question. Because of this, I have started to work on a solution. Stay posted, I hope to have a draft of a new ExcelFile CFC today.

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