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Re: DBD::Excel (was: Re: [ic] Help shop doesnt't work this morning :()
Quoting Stefan Hornburg (Racke) (racke@linuxia.de):
> mheins@redhat.com writes:
>
> [...]
>
> > > >
> > > > Also, if you have the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
> > > > modules installed, you can export/import XLS files directly. (Remember
> > > > to make the sheet name the table name, as is done on export.)
> > >
> > > Yeah, and AFAIK there are DBI modules out for XLS files :-;
> > >
> >
> > Yes, it even works with Interchange, but it is read-only. Same for
> > DBD::Xbase.
>
> Hm, why ? I remember a Debian package libdbd-excel-perl, which depends
> on libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl _and_ libspreadsheet-writeexcel-perl,
> though the software is declared as alpha.
Yes, it does, but in my testing writes *appear* to work but don't.
The XLS file does not change, and even subsequent accesses to a modified
record don't reflect the update. Of course this may have changed by now;
I tested it with Interchange approximately 3 months ago.
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