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I'd like to figure out a better way to get data from an IBM i database file into an Excel spreadsheet.
We are currently using an open source tool apparently written by Hideyuki Yahagi. It will take an IBM i database and create a CSV file. We land that on a QNTC file system (on a Windows server) where the user goes and grabs it. The user then imports the CSV file into an XLS file via Excel.
The problem we face is that the CSV format doesn't retain any real information with regards to column formatting. So when we try to import the CSV to an XLS, Excel tries to guess about the column formatting to where fields that appear that they could be valid dates (but are not) are brought in as a date data type. The only way we've found around this is to tell the import process what the format should be for each column, every time we need to import from CSV to Excel. We think that exporting directly from the IBM i database to an XLS format might be allow us to retain the column formatting so that we don't have to go through all those hoops.
So I am seeking a way to go directly from the IBM i database to an Excel spreadsheet. If there are no free solutions, we would definitely consider a paid solution.
Ideas?
Elden Fenison
Programmer/Analyst
Murphy Company
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