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Default Convert Columns to Rows

Buck:

How are you trying to connect Excel to Oracle? If you are using ADO, take a
look at Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 295646. This article explains how
to import data into excel and transpose it before pasting it into a
worksheet. The article contains enough information for you to figure out how
to do that in reverse.



"Buck Turgidson" wrote:

I have a very large spreadsheet. The first 2 columns are a description, and
the next 52 columns are a value for a week of the year.

Is there a way in Excel to transform these into a format that is loadable
into a relational database such as Oracle?

For example, I'd like to change the following into the latter format. The
first column would be a derived week number. That first column is something
I could live without if I had to.

Any suggestions for a simple macro would be appreciated.



washer sunday 33 44 55.........
dryer monday 667 333 44........
refrig monday 555 876 99.......



1 washer sunday 33
2 washer sunday 44
3 washer sunday 55
1 dryer monday 667
2 dryer monday 333
3 dryer monday 444
1 refrig monday 555
2 refrig monday 876
3 refrig monday 99