--001636c5ae01904e360499833a18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Is it a one-time task, or does it need to be done many times? On 10 Jan 2011 07:03, "Fan Jin" <jeff_yq / yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > zimbatm ... wrote in post #973434: > > Hi, > > > > the simplest is if you can export your columns of datas into CSV > > format. Then you can just read it with the 'csv' libary. See > > http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/csv/rdoc/index.html for some usage. > > Then it's just a matter of opening the CSV, get the values you want > > out of it, and feed them to Gruff. > > > > I'm sure it's also possible to connect to the Access database using > > ADO under windows, but it's going to be a bit harder I think. If it's > > only a tool for you, I would keep the CSV version, otherwise invest > > some time in the ADO version once the first-one is working. > > > What tools that I need to use to convert data into CSV format, please? > It seems that I need to install some tools to do this. > > -Jin Fan > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > --001636c5ae01904e360499833a18--