To get data from a database into Excel you execute a query or select statement. If you are familiar with SQL
you will feel right at home. If you are not so very proficient in SQL you'll find it easy to learn.
Select statements are executed from the SQL dialog. Execute menu item SQL*XL|Query
to start it. In this dialog type the select statement you wish to execute. It describes which data you want to
retrieve from the database. Examples:
select * from employees;
will retrieve all rows from an employees table
select * from employees where salary > 1000;
will retrieve all employees with a salary above 1000.
There are a lot of options in the SQL dialog that you can set. If you are new to SQL*XL I suggest you leave
everything at the default. If you are curious what these settings do you can find out about them in the SQL
dialog help topic. You are welcome to try the options out. When the dialog is opened the next time the default
values will be set again so you don't risk misconfiguring SQL*XL. Be welcome to experiment a little.
After you execute a select statement SQL*XL will present the Resultset
options dialog. It is here where you specify where you want the data to go. Leave all the default settings
and SQL*XL will put it in the active spreadsheet. You have the choice to send the data anywhere within any open
spreadsheet or you can even send it to Outlook as an email or to MS Word. Read all about these options in the Resultset options dialog help topic. Again here feel free to
experiment with the settings. The next time you open the Resultset
options dialog the default settings will be reset so you don't risk misconfiguring SQL*XL.
SQL*XL is a now all set to get the data and put it into your spreadsheet. It will show progress information
in the statusbar as % completed. It will format the data so you can see most of your data easially. If you don't
like our preset settings execute SQL*XL|Preferences to change the defaults. You can change all formatting options
including, colors, fonts, heading styles and alignments. Basically all the formatting options Excel allows you
To re-execute a query, select the cell with the comment that shows the SQL and open the SQL
dialog (SQL*XL|Query...). SQL*XL will load the SQL text back into
You may change the comment within Excel as well and effectively edit the SQL there.
Copyright (C) 1995-2014 Linker IT
Software BV. All Rights Reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of
Oracle corporation. Excel and Office are registered trademarks of
Microsoft corporation. Other names appearing on the site may be trademarks
of their respective owners. Software,
files, documents, articles and other material are provided
"as is" and without warranties as to performance or mechantability or
any other warranties whether expressed or implied. No
warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.