Somewhat O/T: Looking for 'excel' feature for Apache server?

I know this is off topic for this group - if someone can suggest a
group, would be appreciated.

I'm looking for a way to manage an excel spreadsheet on my server.
Would need to have some people have full access (modify, delete, etc),
and some people only be able to add a row. If this isn't possible,
then just full access all around. Is this possible? Or does anyone
have any suggestions? It's for a volunteer fire department to track
people responding to the calls.

Also, I'm looking for a decent counter / tracker - I'd like to be able
to track hits, and be able to see a log of what the refer is, and the
IP of the visitor.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Evan
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On 2004-11-04, Evan Platt <evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to manage an excel spreadsheet on my server.

Build an application to manage a database. It's mostly the same thing.
Davide
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On 4 Nov 2004 06:49:39 GMT, Davide Bianchi
<davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote:

>Build an application to manage a database. It's mostly the same thing.
>Davide

I'm nowhere near that level of building an application. :) I'm a geek
in training.

Evan
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put it on a file server / ftp server apart from that you can't just add a row, and also have some people full access


"Evan Platt" <evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message news:3kgjo09sud654aorc61fb6srs0ahnjn41o@4ax.com...
> I know this is off topic for this group - if someone can suggest a
> group, would be appreciated.
>
> I'm looking for a way to manage an excel spreadsheet on my server.
> Would need to have some people have full access (modify, delete, etc),
> and some people only be able to add a row. If this isn't possible,
> then just full access all around. Is this possible? Or does anyone
> have any suggestions? It's for a volunteer fire department to track
> people responding to the calls.
>
> Also, I'm looking for a decent counter / tracker - I'd like to be able
> to track hits, and be able to see a log of what the refer is, and the
> IP of the visitor.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Evan
> --
> To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.
>

on Thursday 04 November 2004 05:51, Evan Platt
<evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message
<3kgjo09sud654aorc61fb6srs0ahnjn41o@4ax.com>

> I know this is off topic for this group - if someone can suggest a
> group, would be appreciated.
>
> I'm looking for a way to manage an excel spreadsheet on my server.

[newbie alert (me) - waves at the regulars]

Can you have simultaneous access to an Excel spreadsheet on an Apache
server? Or any server for that matter?

I've not started playing with Apache, PHP & MySQL yet but I've setup a basic
ASP database-driven website for the company I work for and one of the
things I quickly found out was Excel spreadsheets don't support
simultaneous access. Transferring the spreadsheet to and from a table in a
database is very easy though.

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On 2004-11-04, PDannyD <dan1970@REMOVETHISBITscenicplace.freeserve.co.u k> wrote:
> Can you have simultaneous access to an Excel spreadsheet on an Apache
> server? Or any server for that matter?

_THEORETICALLY_ you could open Excel on a Windows machine using an OLE
call (Excel is supposed to be an Ole Server), then send 'command' to him
to handle the data. But when I tryed it, I ended up with 72 "stalled"
Excel processes on the machine that couldn't be killed and, in a very
short time, toke down the whole machine. So... don't do it.

Davide

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