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From: Alex Hudson <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:36:23 +0000
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On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 11:15 +0000, Lesley Binks wrote:
> Alex Hudson wrote:
> > Possibly, they're using some different system than files. It could be a
> > web query - search the hard drive for *.iqy files - or they could be
> > doing something with ODBC. 
> 
> ODBC is an interface between applications and database management
> systems.  There was stuff for Access as well as MS-SQL etc but I don't
> think I saw anything specific to Excel when I last worked with it.

Both Excel and OOCalc can both retrieve spreadsheet information via
ODBC, it's extremely common.

Cheers,

Alex.


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References:
- [Sheflug] Can open office help?
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- Re: [Sheflug] Can open office help?
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- Re: [Sheflug] Can open office help?
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