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Excel post to SQL

I would like to know if there's a way for Excel to post something to an ASP web page that in turn makes modifications to a MSSQL2000 db.

Here's the story: A client wants to have data pulled from the db through asp to Excel. I would like to in turn, send some data back to the SQL db stating that something has been completed on the Excel sheet (i.e. change status to "Shipped" or "Pending").

URLs or samples would be excellent!
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An addendum: I also need advice on how to secure this transaction. I can probably create a link with a querystring in Excel and have it post to an ASP page on the srever but I don't want anyone writing to the SQL db via that file. Any advice?
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Oh, as for the security portion, use https and send your username and password or a session id as one of the name/valuepairs

Yes, I know it looks easy to hack, welcome to the web.  (PS Thats why I suggested https)

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-Bill

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Cool... thanks. I'll try it out.
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