Problems importing text from EXCEL
Help please!
I'm using CF to import data from an EXCEL sheet that has a
mix of numbers and text onto a SQL Server database. I get a
successful import of numbers, but have problems with the text
import. Specifically, quotes, apostrophes, dashes, etc are
converted to null (?) values--when you output onto a webpage, they
turn into "square boxes". Anyone run into this problem and knows a
fix?
FYI. I can't set up DTS (as some have recommended) since
database server is housed outside my domain.
Also, I would like to keep the format of the text if possible
(ex. breaks, bold, italics, etc.)
Thanks in advance!
Some utilities you can use:
SQL Loader:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10825/ldr_concepts.htm
External tables:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10739/tables.htm#ADMIN01507
Or directly from forms using text_io or cleint_text_io:
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/forms/10g/state?navSetId=_&navId=3&vtTopicFile=f1_help/oraini/c_text_io.html&vtTopicId=
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