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Insert excel data into oracle table

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How do I insert records into a oracle table using an excel file as the data source? Env. is ASP.net 1.1 with vb.net.

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2007-10-06 at 20:51:01ID22877191
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Answers

 

by: jaiganeshsrinivasanPosted on 2007-10-07 at 08:01:30ID: 20030150

assuming that you are using a WEB PAGE...you can do this

1) upload the file to a temp directory in your server...
2) oparse the excel sheet ( you have to know what the excel sheet contains)
3) if the excel contains static columns(with varying data) you can load it into a DATASET / DATATABLE
4) you open a connection to your database...using ORACLE connection string...you can use OLEDB ir OracleClient available for .net3
5) take the value from your datatable and save to to your database table...

 

by: dragyPosted on 2007-10-24 at 03:04:00ID: 20137471

Hi PDMD_Support
I was doing this by Oracle Forms and DDE package. Here is an example of a sample procedure in WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED event which export data from oracle table to excel:

DECLARE
 appid PLS_INTEGER;
 convid PLS_INTEGER;
 docid PLS_INTEGER;
 i number;
 j number;
 rowcol varchar2(10);
 rowcol1 varchar2(10);
 str varchar2(4000);
 filename varchar2(400);

BEGIN
go_block('MY_BLOCK');
First_Record;

APPID := DDE.APP_BEGIN('C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\excel.exe', DDE.APP_MODE_MAXIMIZED);

WHILE NOT conv_established LOOP
BEGIN
      convid := DDE.INITIATE('excel', 'system');
        conv_established := TRUE;
 
EXCEPTION
WHEN DDE.DMLERR_NO_CONV_ESTABLISHED THEN
conv_established := FALSE;
END; -- loop
END LOOP;

DDE.EXECUTE(convid, '[Open("C:\LOCATION_OF_XLS_FILE.xls")]', 150000);
docid := DDE.INITIATE('excel', 'C:\LOCATION_OF_XLS_FILE.xls');

 i :=2;
while :MY_BLOCK.field1_from_my_block is not null loop
 j := 1;

If :MY_BLOCK.field_you_want_to_write_to_excel_from_my_block is null then
        str := ' -';
 Else
      str := :MY_BLOCK.field_you_want_to_write_to_excel_from_my_block;
End if;  
        rowcol1 := 'R1C' || to_char(j);
        DDE.POKE(docid, rowcol1, 'name_of_field', DDE.CF_TEXT, 50000);
        rowcol := 'R' || to_char(i) || 'C' || to_char(j);      
      DDE.POKE(docid, rowcol, str, DDE.CF_TEXT, 50000);  
      j := j + 1;
.
. here you should put all the fields you want to insert in excel
.
 j := j + 1;      
 i := i + 1;
next_record;
end loop;
filename := 'C:\Sifarnici\Poziv_izvjestaja\Excel_dokumenti\upitnik\upitnik-' || :GLOBAL.korisnicko_ime || '-' || systime || '.xls';

DDE.EXECUTE(convid, '[Save.As("' || filename || '")]', 150000);

DDE.TERMINATE(docid);

DDE.TERMINATE(convid);

DDE.APP_END(APPID);


/* Handle exceptions */
EXCEPTION
WHEN DDE.DDE_APP_FAILURE THEN
MESSAGE('WINDOWS APPLICATION CANNOT START.');
WHEN DDE.DDE_PARAM_ERR THEN
MESSAGE('A NULL VALUE WAS PASSED TO DDE');
WHEN DDE.DMLERR_NO_CONV_ESTABLISHED THEN
MESSAGE('DDE CANNOT ESTABLISH A CONVERSATION');
WHEN DDE.DMLERR_NOTPROCESSED THEN
MESSAGE('A TRANSACTION FAILED');
when DDE.DMLERR_DATAACKTIMEOUT then
MESSAGE('Time out!');
/* End of trigger */
END;

 The same is inserting from excel to oracle table, I didn't do this but here is the link on page where man does similar work:
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:SphVFiNvviUJ:forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa%3FmessageID%3D2112312%26tstart%3D0+oracle%2Bforms%2Bdde%2Binsert%2Bfrom%2Bexcel%2Bin%2Boracle&hl=bs&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ba

I hope that this will help you.

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