Kerem, I wrote the following code to do this some time ago. It could probably be improved by using the header row in the spreadsheet to generate the keys for an associative array instead. This might make life easier when it comes to generating your sql query. You'll just have to save the spreadsheet as a csv file to make it work. Regards Chris <code> <?php $datalist = fopen("filename.csv", "r"); while(!feof($datalist)) { $datalistentries = fgetcsv($datalist, 2500, ","); $datalistentriesprocessed[] = $datalistentries; } $z = count($datalistentriesprocessed); for ($n=0; $n<$z; $n++) { $entry = $datalistentriesprocessed[$n]; addslashes(&$entry[1]); addslashes(&$entry[2]); $query="update tablename set fieldName1 = '".$entry[1]."' where FieldName2 = '".$entry[0]."'"; dbconnect("user", "pass"); $result=mysql_query($query); $rowid=mysql_insert_id(); echo $rowid; } fclose($datalist); ?> </code> -----Original Message----- From: arslanli [mailto:arslanli@itu.edu.tr] Sent: 11 September 2003 08:10 To: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: excel tables to mysql tables I have 4500 records in excel tables waiting to be insert into mysql structure ....did anyone done this before i need it so much...... Kerem Arslanli Istanbul Technical University UEPRC If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please preserve the confidentiality of it and advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken, or omitted to be taken, by an unauthorised recipient in reliance upon the contents of this e-mail is prohibited. Somerfield cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses so please carry out your own virus checks before opening an attachment. In replying to this e-mail you are granting the right for that reply to be forwarded to any other individual within the business and also to be read by others. Any views expressed by an individual within this message do not necessarily reflect the views of Somerfield. Somerfield reserves the right to intercept, monitor and record communications for lawful business purposes. -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php