[Hidden-tech] Save Web page as Excel?

[Mark Bucciarelli]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 10:19:30AM -0500, Jean Graef wrote:

> We have a Web application that displays dynamic data from a database.
> I would like to have an "Export to XML" button or link on pages that
> list database data in table rows and columns. The Web pages are in XML
> format (i.e. sample_page.xsl).
>
> What's the easiest way to get my "export to Excel" function to work in
> Internet Explorer or Safari?

Probably just comma-seperated values. 

If you set the mime-type correctly, when a web site user clicks the link
it should trigger whatever app they have associated with CSV, which may
be Excel.

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