https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Importing data from an excel file. en Fri, 29 May 2026 17:53:06 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18557 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:31 +0000 yuniar 18557@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Simple ask him to write PHP script that able to parse an Excel file and then insert the data into an MySQL table. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18551 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:48:26 +0000 TFteam 18551@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>What are some requirements I need to tell him? I have no idea where to start at the first place. Please advise. Thanks. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18530 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:05:17 +0000 yuniar 18530@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>You might want to try hiring PHP programmer from freelancer sites, such as <a href="http://www.freelancer.com" rel="nofollow">www.freelancer.com</a> -- to write a script that parse your Excel file and import it into your machform database. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18511 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:12:29 +0000 TFteam 18511@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>So what can I do about this? Any alternative solution? Please advise. Thanks. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18505 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:52:57 +0000 yuniar 18505@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I'm afraid there is no easy way to do this within MachForm.<br /> You'll need to write some custom code to insert the data into the backend mysql database.</p> <p>We won't be able to provide you with the code for this. Sorry. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/importing-data-from-an-excel-file#post-18502 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:38:31 +0000 TFteam 18502@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>How do I import data from an excel file? I am not too technical, but I know how to get into mySQL etc, and can follow instructions. So is there an easy way to do this? How should I label each column so that it is the same structure and so on. Thanks. </p>