Download query to excel

Question

Hi
I have create a page that will query a database and then
covert it to excel(CVS). Here is my code
It does not convert the file to excel(CVS) it tries to save
it as a CFM file.
Thanks

Answer 1

Try something like this:
<CFquery name="getall" datasource="shop4leads">
select *
from lead
where brokerid='#brokerid#'
</CFquery>
<cfif getall.recordcount GTE 66000>
<!--- Excel can only handle 66000 rows --->
Too many records <cfelse>
<!--- create the file to be written --->
<cffile action="WRITE" file="C:\temp\leads.cfm" output="
<cfcontent type='application/vnd.ms-excel'>
<table border='1'>
<tr> <td>ColumnName</td>
<td>ColumnName</td>
<td>ColumnName</td>
<td>ColumnName</td> </tr> "
addnewline="Yes">
<!--- append the dynamic data to the file --->
<cfoutput>
<cfloop query="getall">
<cffile action="APPEND"
file="C:\temp\leads.cfm" output=" <tr>
<td>#TRIM(ColumnName)#</td>
<td>#TRIM
(ColumnName)#</td>
<td>#TRIM(ColumnName)#</td>
<td>#TRIM(ColumnName)#</td> </tr> "
addnewline="yes">
</cfloop> </cfoutput>
<!--- end your table in the file --->
<cffile action="Append"
file="C:\temp\leads.cfm" output="
</table> " addnewline="Yes">
<div align="center">
<font face="verdana, sans-
serif" size="2">
<strong>Your report has been
generated...<br>
<a href="data.cfm">Click here to complete the
download</a>
</strong>
</font>
</div>
</cfif>