Cfspreadsheet in a query

Question

Hi,
Maybe I am tired but I can't figure this out.  I am using cfspreadsheet to read data from a spreadsheet into a query.  That works great and I can dump out the data.  The problem is that I need to be able to use those results to compare to data on a database table.  What I need to do is do a query of queries to pull data based on a list of strings I get from the database.  The problem is that no matter what I do, the string from the database never gets formatted correctly.  This is the code I am working with:
          <cfspreadsheet 
    action="read"
          headerrow="true"
    src = "#thisDirectory#newdatafile.xls"    
    query = "newcodes"
          excludeHeaderRow = "true"> 
          <cfquery name="getcurrentcodes" datasource="#Request.maindatasource#">
                    SELECT code FROM currenttableindatabase
          </cfquery>
          <cfset oldcodelist = ValueList(getcurrentcodes.code)>
          <cfset trimmedoldcodes = Replace(oldcodelist," ","","all")>
          <cfquery name="GetNewCodes" dbtype="query">
                    SELECT newcode FROM newcodes
                    WHERE newcode NOT IN <cfqueryparam value="#trimmedoldcodes#">
          </cfquery>
It seems like such a simple thing but I either get double quotes around every item or no quotes.  I have also tried PreserveSingleQuotes.  Does anybody have any ideas.
Red

Answer 1

In addition to cfSearching's response, I would also point out QuotedValueList.  Instead of using ValueLIst then trying to add the quotes yourself, try QuotedValueList and see if that does the trick for you.  You can then use that value in the cfqueryparam list.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec22c24-6d 16.html
EDIT: forgot link to docs
Message was edited by: Sean Coyne