Well said. DBI-1.59 was released only yesterday! Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is also well maintained.

Same points are valid for all wrapper modules, including my Spreadsheet::Read. If Spreadsheet::ParseExcel or Spreadsheet::ReadSXC changes, the wrapper also changes.

DBD::Excel seems like a very valid choice, but still limits you to Excel only. It won't work on OpenOffice, but it will probably make a very clear and consice conversion program. (/me imagines a DBD::Spreadsheet in the future. Not that I have current plans, but it would be fun to experiment with that. :) Problem is that there is no Spreadsheet::Write (yet), so this DBD would be read-only.

I would personally NOT advice the use of DBD::ODBC on Excel for a plethora of reasons. I have just gone through the pain of using ODBC on windows to connect to several ODBC sources, and the number of locations where things can go (and will go) wrong is inmeasurable, ranging from non-matching buffer sizes to 32/64 bit mismatches and array fetches that don't. For the problem stated, I think that using ODBC is heading for the Yak-shaving path.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^3: Reading from Excel and writing to Oracle by Tux
in thread Reading from Excel and writing to Oracle by loris

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