Hi everyone,

I need some direction.

The Environment:
RedHat linux, Apache, MySql, Perl

The Project:
I need to allow people to upload the data from an excel spreadsheet (1 column by 7,000 rows) into their own table in an MySql database. The user will be uploading and replacing the data everday.

Simplicity for the end user is key. I would like to create an HTML form in which they can cut from Excel and paste into a TextArea and then submit it to MySql using "post". (I plan on using the cgi and dbi perl modules). But, I believe "post" and "get" have limits as to how much data it can send. I'm guessing my other option is to have people upload the excel file (again via cgi) and then have the server open the file and upload it into MySql. Exporting the excel data into a text only file beforehand will only complicate things for the end use. So I would like to avoid that step.

The Questions:
1) Am I going about this the wrong way? Should I not use a form and/or upload the excel file?
2) Can someone tell me the file size limitations of "post" and "get" ?
3) Am I nuts for trying to upload 7,000 rows via http?


Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

In reply to Uploading Excel data into MySQL via a browser by La12

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