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[nycphp-talk] Linking Excel to PHP/MySQL (older versions)

csnyder at chxo.com csnyder at chxo.com
Thu Jan 8 12:14:41 EST 2004


Quoting jon baer <jonbaer at jonbaer.net>:

> I ended up creating a pop3 mailbox for .cvs files + a cron job, so he saves
> the files as .cvs and mails them to a dropbox account which works

I think you mean .csv -- comma-separated value as opposed to concurrent
versioning system. It's an important distinction, because Excel knows nothing
about working with CVS.

As far as I know, CSV format is the universal solvent when it comes to database
/ spreadsheet / spss intercommunication. 





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