create csv file

[vipin jain]

how we can create csv file in java and write resultset data inside in tabular form as well as image?
please any one reply as soon as possible.

[Omar Al Kababji]

CSV is simple Coma Seperated Value file you could simple use a PrintWriter to create a file and give it an extension of .csv

[vipin jain]

hi ,
thanks for reply but i alsio want to add image inside csv file.....

[Omar Al Kababji]

you can't put an image in a CSV file, unless you just get the InputStream of the image and read its bytes and store them in the file in some way. and then reconstruct the image in the same way you wrote in the CSV file. however a CSV is used only plain text not for images.

[Ulf Dittmer]

... so, effectively, you can't keep images inside of CSV files. Would using the XLS file format (used by Excel) be an option? It can accommodate images, and there are Java libraries available that can create them.

[vipin jain]

hi Ulf Dittmer ,

Thanks for reply.......
can you please tell me which java library is using for that and if you have that jar please send me.
your every help would be appreciated.

[Freddy Wong]

Apache POI

[Uli Hofstoetter]

Hi,

when it comes to creating excel files, you might want to take a look at jXLS.

jXLS is kind of a templating engine for exel. You create a excel file with tags as a template and jxl populates the template from java beans.

Regards.
Uli