Bingo.
(Or perhaps save the Excel files as CSV and whip out a
java.io.FileInputStream and a
java.util.StringTokenizer).

The POI looks pretty cool though......


//Nicholas

--- "Richard S.Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I'm not exactly up to speed on Microsoft products,
> but surely this is
> overkill. Isn't it as straight forward as setting
> your excel spreadsheet up
> as an ODBC data source and accessing it through
> JDBC?
>
> On Tuesday 23 April 2002 10:59 am, Vijay Guda wrote:
> > Design a COM component that reads excel . Have a
> java wrapper around it.
> > There is a java-com-bridge tool available form ibm
> alphaworks. It got some
> > examples too. Try it, it may help you
> >
> > G.Vijay
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> >                     "Kesav, Ramesh"
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> > Hi all,
> >
> >  This may be out of topic but i need itvery
> urgently.
> > i have an excel file with 4 sheets containing many
> data.
> > is it possible to read a particular sheet's
> contents (column wise)
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Ramesh Kesavanarayanan
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