Hi All,
I am having trouble with a very simple Perl process.  I am basically q
+uerying an oracle database and I want to load it into excel.  I have 
+been able to use DBIx::Dump and it works.  However, I need to be able
+ to use a variety of excel formatting tools.  And I think Spreadsheet
+::Writeexcel is the best module that outputs to excel that allows me 
+do more formatting.  Below is the code and the error I am getting.  I
+ basically query oracle, fetch the data, load into an array and try t
+o write to excel.  For some reason it is doing some kind of compare a
+nd it does not like the data types.  For example, the date is '25-OCT
+-08'.  The SVP is 'S01'.  It seems to be saying that they are not num
+eric.  I know you are busy, but can you please help me with this prob
+lem.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Once I can get the data 
+into a spreadsheet, I can play around with the automation and excel f
+ormatting.  Thanks you!
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Error says: "Argument "01-NOV-08" isn't numeric in numeric ge <>=> at 
+C:/Perl/site/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Worksheet.pm line 3414.
Argument "01-NOV-08" isn't numeric in pack ge <>=> ge <>=> at C:/Perl/
+site/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Worksheet.pm line 2157.
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w 

#Set the Perl Modules
use strict; 
use DBI;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

   
# Connect to the oracle database
my $dbh = DBI->connect( 'dbi:Oracle:xxxx',
                        'xxxx',
                        'xxxx',
                      ) || die "Database connection not made: $DBI::er
+rstr";


#Set up Query
my $stmt = "select 
                                   week_end_date, SVP, RD,
                                    DM, store, wtd_smrr_gain,QTD_SMRR_
+GAIN,
                                   wtd_bor_gain,QTD_BOR_GAIN,
                                   wtd_cust_gain,QTD_CUST_GAIN,
                                   wtd_CARD_CLOSED_OCT25,QTD_AVG_CARD_
+CL
                    from 
                          bonus_4Q_store
                    order by
                          store"; 

#Prepare Query
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt); 

#Execute Query
$sth->execute() or die $dbh->errstr; 

my( $week_end_date,$SVP,$RD,$DM,$store,
    $wtd_smrr_gain,$QTD_SMRR_GAIN,
    $wtd_bor_gain,$QTD_BOR_GAIN,
    $wtd_cust_gain,$QTD_CUST_GAIN,
    $wtd_CARD_CLOSED_OCT25,$QTD_AVG_CARD_CL);

#binds each column to a scalar reference
$sth->bind_columns(undef,\$week_end_date,\$SVP,\$RD,\$DM,\$store,
                   \$wtd_smrr_gain,\$QTD_SMRR_GAIN,
                   \$wtd_bor_gain,\$QTD_BOR_GAIN,
                   \$wtd_cust_gain,\$QTD_CUST_GAIN,
                   \$wtd_CARD_CLOSED_OCT25,\$QTD_AVG_CARD_CL,);

#create a new instance
my $Excelfile = "/Test_Report.xls"; 
my $excel = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("$Excelfile"); 
my $worksheet = $excel->addworksheet("WOW_SHEET");

#Create array shell
my @data;

#Call data and Write to Excel  
while ( @data = $sth->fetchrow_array()){ 
    my $week_end_date = $data[0]; 
    my $SVP = $data[1]; 
    my $RD = $data[2]; 
    my $DM = $data[3]; 
    my $store = $data[1]; 
    my $wtd_smrr_gain = $data[2]; 
    my $QTD_SMRR_GAIN = $data[3];
    my $wtd_bor_gain = $data[4];
    my $QTD_BOR_GAIN = $data[5];
    my $wtd_cust_gain = $data[6];
    my $QTD_CUST_GAIN = $data[7];
    my $wtd_CARD_CLOSED_OCT25 = $data[8];
    my $QTD_AVG_CARD_CL = $data[9];
    my $row = 0; 
    my $col = 0; 
    foreach my $stmt (@data) 
    { 
        $worksheet->write($row++, @data); 
        last; 
    } 
} 
  
print "DONE \n"; 
$sth->finish(); 
$dbh->disconnect();
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