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On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Elden Fenison
<Elden.Fenison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd like to figure out a better way to get data from an IBM i database file into an Excel spreadsheet.
If you are using Client Access, iSeries Access, IBM i Access, or
Access Client Solutions, you should already have a plug-in that lets
you import directly from a database file into an Excel workbook. This
is not the fanciest, but it is pretty darn easy to use, and is almost
certainly the quickest way home. (And the one for ACS is actually
somewhat fancy.)
If you are even thinking of using POI, I strongly recommend taking a
hard look at using Python and XlsxWriter instead (and I can help with
this personally). It's not that POI is a bad solution. It's just that
if you haven't used it before, you are going to be learning something
new just for this purpose. Well, if you are going to be learning
something new, you might as well learn Python, which can then also
used for a wide range of other purposes. It so happens that the Python
+ XlsxWriter solution is much easier and quicker than the RPG +
Scott's wrappers + POI solution, if you are starting either one from
scratch.
Just a taste:
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http://iseriespython.blogspot.ca/2013/05/copy-physical-file-to-excel-in-9-lines.html>
John Y.
midrange.com
