Thanks Jay. Could anybody please tell me how to read the data from an excel file ? It should work independent of the operating system. I don't want the csv format. Binoy ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Sent via the WebMail system at softwareassociates.co.uk --- Scanned by MessageExchange.net (14:20:44 SPITFIRE) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php