RE: How to apply filter to a sheet in RPG. (HSSFR4, POI, Spreadsheet)

Vern,

I am not familiar with those other tools. I know SQL2XLSX uses the Excel POI java classes called from an RPGLE/CLLE programs. If you download, you get the source code.

In fact, I'm fairly certain it works a lot like CGIDEV2 because I've encountered conflicts running both methods in the same job stream.

I agree that CGIDEV2 gives you a lot more flexibility, but SQL2XLSX is just very simple to use and you can store thinks like column headings, macros and filters in templates you control with Excel.

Greg

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Subject: Re: How to apply filter to a sheet in RPG. (HSSFR4, POI, Spreadsheet)

To add more on performance - SQL2JXL and SQL2POI have pretty good
performance - because they use a Java class that processes a SELECT
statement in one call - not the many method calls used in the POI
service program.

Vern

On 10/25/2019 8:48 AM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

+1

Greg, is SQL2XLSX is similar to SQL2JXL? Or SQL2POI? We use the former
often for fairly simple data dumps with column headings - but it's
limited to the older XLS format.

I find the CGIDEV2 method offers the possibility of doing almost
anything Excel itself can do, albeit at possibly more developer effort
at the start.

Cheers
Vern

On 10/25/2019 8:37 AM, Greg Wilburn wrote:

I haven't followed this thread... but here's my 2 cents:

We create XLSX files in two ways.
1. Using CGIDEV2, and
2. Using SQL2XLSX (command)

The second option allows you to generate XLSX from any SQL
statement.  You can also have XLSX "template" files that it merges
the data into.

I typically use #2 when I need to filter or run a macro.  I save the
filter/macro in the template and then fill it with data using SQL2XLSX.