NAME

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB - Convert a database table to an Excel spreadsheet

SYNOPSIS

  use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB;

  my $dbh = DBI->connect(...);

  my $ss = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB->read($dbh, $table_name);
  $ss->ignore_columns(qw/foo bar/); 
  # or
  $ss->include_columns(qw/foo bar/); 

  $ss->restrict_rows('age > 10');

  print $ss->as_xls;
  # or
        $ss->write_xls('spreadsheet.xls');

DESCRIPTION

This module exports a database table as an Excel Spreadsheet.

The data is not returned in any particular order, as it is a simple task to perform this in Excel. However, you may choose to ignore certain columns, using the 'ignore_columns' method.

METHODS

read

Creates a spreadsheet object from a database handle and a table name.

dbh / table

Accessor / mutator methods for the database handle and table name.

restrict_rows

  $ss->restrict_rows('age > 10');

An optional 'WHERE' clause for restricting the rows returned from the database.

ignore_columns

  $ss->ignore_columns(qw/foo bar/);

Output all columns, except these ones, to the spreadsheet.

include_columns

  $ss->include_columns(qw/foo bar/);

Only include these columns into the spreadsheet.

as_xls

  print $ss->as_xls;

Return the table as an Excel spreadsheet.

write_xls

        $ss->write_xls('spreadsheet.xls');

Write the table to a spreadsheet with the given filename.

BUGS

Dates are handled as strings, rather than dates.

AUTHOR

Tony Bowden

BUGS and QUERIES

Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to: bug-Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-Simple@rt.cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

  Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Tony Bowden.

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
  the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License,
  or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Simple. Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. DBI