Re: [PHP] Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader problem

At 11:35 AM +0000 3/18/10, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>The .csv format is just a plain text format, so you won't get formatting
>or formulas in your 'sheets' (csv is also a sheetless format) but it's
>been used for years by many systems for data.
>
>A lot of database systems will let you import csv files as well, which
>is quite convenient, although you will have to make sure the csv uses
>commas to delimit the data. Microsoft managed to basterdise this format
>a bit as well, and lets you use tabs, spaces and all sorts of other
>characters to delimit data fields. Someone obviously didn't mention to
>them that the file type is 'comma separated values'!
>
>Thanks,
>Ash

Ash:

I remember many years ago I had a problem with M$ version of plain 
text csv files -- the first cell of each spreadsheet was different 
than all other cells. It took me a while to discover that difference 
and build in an exception.

I've found that M$ always has a better idea, even if they are the 
only ones who think so.

Cheers,

tedd

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