Thanks very much for all the feedback. -Madhu
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:05:11 -0400, Jim Cobban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want them to enter the data into the database why do you not simply > provide them with an Excel-like interface to the database? It is quite > trivial to present the contents of a JDBC query reply in a Swing JTable, and > then as the user modifies the values in the cells of the JTable, write those > changes back into the database. I haven't done this in SWT but it is > probably easier do do there, most things are. > > Alternatively, using POI-HSSF, it is fairly straightforward to read an Excel > spreadsheet and write the contents into an SQL database. I have also done > this, but it is more work than the direct GUI. The big advantage of this > approach is not having to deploy your Java app on all of the users > workstations. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Madhusudan Mathihalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:50 PM > Subject: Silly question regarding POI-HSSF > > > Hi, > > I just started reading about the POI-HSSF, and I've to admit that > > it's really a cool project. > > > > I had a pretty silly question regarding using POI-HSSF - please bear > > with me and if you've already answered such questions. > > > > Today, some of my collegues are share data via an Excel Spreadsheet. > > I'm trying to change this behaviour to saving the data in a database - > > however, since they're not used to filling data on a HTML page, > > there's been some problems in getting them to use the web interface. > > > > With POI, I think I can give them a Excel-style interface, excel-style > > editing capability and on the backend, parse the xls and save the data > > on the database. > > > > Question: > > - Do you see any problems in this ? > > - Do you already know of a similar implementation (if so, can you > > please give me some pointers) > > > > Thanks > > -Madhu > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
