How to convert Text data to xls?


 
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Old 08-06-2014
How to convert Text data to xls?

Hi Team,

I have created a script to output DB Query data to a text file. It displays output as follows for 2 different queries appended to same file.

I want help to convert this data to xls format so that the output of first query is in 1 tab and the other in second tab. Please help.

Code:
BATCHID     STARTDATE                  FINDATE                   
----------- -------------------------- --------------------------
    2000001 2014-08-06-02.37.35.786000 -                         
    2000002 2014-08-06-02.37.07.833000 -                         
    2000003 2014-08-06-02.37.02.705000 -                         
    2000004 2014-08-06-02.36.53.644000 -                         
    
    4 record(s) selected.
    
1          2           3          
---------- ----------- -----------
07/30/2014           3          33
07/30/2014           3          28
07/30/2014           3          21
07/30/2014           3          24
 
4 record(s) selected.


Last edited by zaxxon; 08-06-2014 at 11:30 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 08-06-2014
You need EXCEL (or equivalent) for that. Create two independent .csv (comma separated) files from your queries and read them into EXCEL.
# 3  
Old 08-06-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
You need EXCEL (or equivalent) for that. Create two independent .csv (comma separated) files from your queries and read them into EXCEL.
I tried to output the result of the query directly into a csv file, but there are no separated columns with entries. The excel file is displaying all the result as a single whole. I want the query output to have different columns in excel. How to do that?
# 4  
Old 08-06-2014
Oracle provides SET COLSEP ','. Maybe your system has sth. similar? Try ',' or ';'.
This User Gave Thanks to RudiC For This Post:
# 5  
Old 08-06-2014
It appears that your script creates a text file with a single space as the field separator.

Last edited by ernie; 08-06-2014 at 11:17 AM.. Reason: typo
# 6  
Old 08-06-2014
I do this all the time. I cut this data from your post:
Code:
BATCHID STARTDATE FINDATE 
----------- -------------------------- --------------------------
2000001 2014-08-06-02.37.35.786000 - 
2000002 2014-08-06-02.37.07.833000 - 
2000003 2014-08-06-02.37.02.705000 - 
2000004 2014-08-06-02.36.53.644000 -

and created a file in notepad called data.txt. Then I used this procedure:


open excel 2007

click data on the ribbon

click from text-- browse to data.txt and open it.

Pick "delimited" click next

unckeck "tab" and check "space" then click next

click "finish"

accept "=$A$1" default and click ok -- data will populate the spreadsheet
# 7  
Old 08-07-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by ernie
It appears that your script creates a text file with a single space as the field separator.
Yeah it has db2 installed and it creates a single space as field separator.

---------- Post updated at 07:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:49 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
I do this all the time. I cut this data from your post:
Code:
BATCHID STARTDATE FINDATE 
----------- -------------------------- --------------------------
2000001 2014-08-06-02.37.35.786000 - 
2000002 2014-08-06-02.37.07.833000 - 
2000003 2014-08-06-02.37.02.705000 - 
2000004 2014-08-06-02.36.53.644000 -

and created a file in notepad called data.txt. Then I used this procedure:


open excel 2007

click data on the ribbon

click from text-- browse to data.txt and open it.

Pick "delimited" click next

unckeck "tab" and check "space" then click next

click "finish"

accept "=$A$1" default and click ok -- data will populate the spreadsheet
Hi, thanks for the explanation. However i dont want to import text into excel as it an additional manual task. I want to create an excel file directly somehow using any function that DB2 uses.

@Rudic : I dont have Colsep in db2. What else can i use here.
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