the problem is, that i'll have a database where the file has an id. if
someone changes the filename in an explorer window i woudn't get en event or
something to foward that change into my database and therefore loose my
connection(by name)...is there a way to bind the excel file somehow to the
database. do you have any souggestions?

thanks
J. Ahrens

"Chip Pearson" wrote in message
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What about the file name? Beyond that, you'd have to write some sort of
encoding identifier. Excel doesn't provide anything.


"Jörgen Ahrens" wrote in message
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Hi all

Is there a way to uniquly identify an excel-file? (like inode-id in unix)

thanks for your help
J. Ahrens