Re: Excel file transfer with SQL files?

For what it's worth, here's a VBA macro to convert selected cells to character:

Sub Convert_nbr_to_txt()
For Each c In Selection
c.Value = "'" & Format(c.Value)
Next c
MsgBox "Numbers converted to text in selection."
End Sub

It basically prefixes the cell contents with an apostrophe (').

If you haven't used macros in Excel, go to Tools, Macros, Visual Basic Editor (or just press alt-F11) and copy/paste the above code into a module, then close it. To use the macro, select the numeric cells, press alt-F8 and click on "Convert_nbr_to_txt" then Run.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Jerry Adams wrote:

I'm not sure about the VarChar() part, Loyd, but I had a similar problem with numeric data in the spreadsheet. Somewhere in the transfer process is a data definition section, in which you can specify the data type for each column. Setting the "numeric" column to a type of character worked for me.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:03 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Excel file transfer with SQL files?

Can the Excel file transfer (upload) utility be used with SQL-defined
files?

There's some data I would like to upload from Excel into a SQL file but
am receiving errors.



Added column headings to the data matching the system column names.
Highlighted the data and column headings; they are in the same order as
the file. Ran the "Transfer data to iSeries" in Excel. Create new
request. Selected the option to Allow numeric data in character columns
to be converted to character data.



Receiving the error message "CWBTF0073 - The type of a column in the
spreadsheet selection does not match the corresponding column type in
the database file." It's too bad it doesn't specify which column is in
error, how do I find this?



The SQL table contains four columns, all are varchar(). I have "numbers"
in Excel that should be treated as character data (cost centers).



TIA,

Loyd



Loyd Goodbar

Business Systems

BorgWarner Shared Services

662-473-5713



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