如何从DB2中的Excel工作表中读取数据

Question

I need to write a Stored Proc/ Function which reads data from a worksheet of Excel workbook. How do I do it in DB2 ? I am using AIX os.

Tried Read Excel from DB2 but wont work on my OS. Also tried

Import from FileName.csv of DEL COMMITCOUNT 1000 insert into TableName 

but invain.

Answer 1

You have several options, the cleanest is probably to write a Java Stored Procedure , utilising the Apache POI library, if you intend to read Excel workbooks (.xls or .xlsx) rather than plain CSV formatted text files.

Not as clean but just as effective you can write a Perl / Python / PHP script to read the file and return a line at a time, and invoke the script from a stored procedure, see: Making Operating System Calls from SQL

Answer 2

Its be better to convert your excel file to flat file like csv if possible. Because DB2 not natively know excel file. Its csv file that can processed natively using IMPORT, LOAD or INGEST tools from DB2