Hi monks
I am writing a program that sends an xls file as an attachment
I create this file using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
(code below): 
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
use strict;
    # Create a new Excel workbook
    my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('perl.xls');

    # Add a worksheet
    my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet();

    # Write a number and a formula using A1 notation
    $worksheet->write_number('A1', 1000000000002651);

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Problem is that I use database IDs that look like this: 1000000000002651. The xls file shows them in this format: 1E+15. I tried playing with the format options but without any success. Obviously I want to show the full number without any shortcuts.
Any ideas?

Thanks, mrguy
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In reply to Long integers in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by mrguy123

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