Re: Issue with reading from Excel

Has anyone been able to run the sudoku_excel.mod found on the examples\sql directory under windows 10 64bit?

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> On Dec 9, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Meketon, Marc via Users list for GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) <[email protected]> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meketon, Marc
> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 11:04 AM
> To: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: Issue with reading from Excel
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> Thank you for your quick reply.
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> I'm running on Windows 10, 64bit.  The message did not seem like it was a driver issue.  The error says:  Syntax error in FROM clause
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> I did not CD to the directory because I listed the full path (dbq=C:\glpk_463\examples\sql\sudoku.xlsx)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 10:59 AM
> To: Meketon, Marc <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Issue with reading from Excel
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> Hello Marc,
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> which driver are you using?
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> Your current directory is assumed to be examples\sql.
> Did you cd to that directory?
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> Best regards
>
> Heinrich Schuchardt
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> http://www.xypron.de
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> Am 09.12.19 um 16:23 schrieb Meketon, Marc\ via \Users list for GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit)
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>> Hello GLPK’ers
>>
>> I’m trying to use GMPL to read from Excel.  Below is essentially from the Sudok_excel.mod example found in the distribution, but where I updated it with a later driver:
>>
>> set fields dimen 2;
>> param givens{1..9, 1..9}, integer, >= 0, <= 9, default 0;
>> /* the "givens" */
>>
>> table ti IN 'ODBC'
>>  'DRIVER={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)};'
>>  'dbq=C:\glpk_463\examples\sql\sudoku.xlsx'
>>  'SELECT ID, COL, LIN, VAL FROM [Sudoku$] '
>>  'WHERE ID = 1' :
>>  fields <- [COL, LIN], givens ~ VAL;
>>
>> end;
>>
>> ==>When I run this, two problems occur, and help would be appreciated:
>> ==>  1.  A window pops up asking me which Excel file to use.  Is there a way to eliminate it?
>> ==>  2.  I get the error below.  This is really important to solve.  I have tried both named ranges for the Excel data, and worksheet names (that end with a $).
>>
>> GLPSOL: GLPK LP/MIP Solver, v4.57
>> Parameter(s) specified in the command line:
>> --cover --clique --gomory --mir -m sudoku_excel.mod Reading model
>> section from sudoku_excel.mod...
>> 12 lines were read
>> Reading ti...
>> Connected to EXCEL 12.00.0000 - C:\glpk_463\examples\sql\sudoku.xlsx
>> SELECT COL, LIN, VAL FROM WHERE ID = 1
>> db_iodbc_open: Query
>> "SELECT COL, LIN, VAL FROM WHERE ID = 1"
>> failed.
>>
>> The driver reported the following diagnostics whilst running
>> SQLExecDirect 42000:1:-3506:[Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver] Syntax error in FROM clause.
>> sudoku_excel.mod:5: error on opening table ti MathProg model
>> processing error
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