Patent ID: 7685152
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for transferring data from a specified spreadsheet having a name, rows and colunms to a relational database table, said method comprising the steps of: receiving said specified spreadsheet at a given location; assigning a name to said relational database table that is derived from said spreadsheet name; creating names for respective colunms of said table from the contents of a first row of said specified spreadsheet; deriving data types for respective colunms of said table from the contents of a second row of said specified spreadsheet; and loading data into locations of said table from respectively corresponding cells of said specified spreadsheet, wherein said data loaded into locations of said table is selectively combined in a document, at said given location where said specified spreadsheet has been received, with other information that has not been contained in a spreadsheet; and said transfer of data requires completion of an authentication procedure to affirm that said specified spreadsheet may be uploaded into a repository at said location that is associated with said relational database table, wherein said specified spreadsheet contains identification information for use in said authentication procedure.