How to replace comma in .xlsx file in ColdFusion? - excel

Question

I have excel file that can contain commas in some fields. This can cause problem if I want to use cfspreadsheet to convert my file to csv. I was wondering if there is the way to replace or convert all commas with the \. After I replace all commas then I will be able to use cfspreadsheet to create csv. Here is my code how I read my file:
<cfspreadsheet action = "read" format="csv" src="filePath\myFile.xlsx" name="csvvar">
If anyone can help with this problem please let me know. Thank you.

Answer 1

Convert from Excel to query. Then, in the cell data of each row, replace "," by "\". Something like this
<cfspreadsheet
action = "read"
src="filePath\myFile.xlsx"
query="excelquery"
sheet="1">
<!--- Create CSV file in current directory--->
<cffile action="write" file="#expandpath('result.csv')#" output="">
<cfset columns = arraynew(1)>
<!--- Store the list of column names as an array --->
<cfset columns = listToArray(excelquery.ColumnList)>
<cfoutput query="excelquery">
<cfset rowList = "">
<cfloop from="1" to="#arraylen(columns)#" index="n">
<cfset colName = columns[n]>
<cfset cellData = evaluate("#colName#[currentrow]")>
<!--- Replace , by \ in each cell --->
<cfset cellData = replace(cellData, ",", "\", "all")>
<!--- Comma-separated row data --->
<cfset rowList = listAppend(rowList,cellData)>
</cfloop>
<!--- Place a carriage-return at the end of the row --->
<cfset rowList = rowList & '<br>'>
<!--- Append row to CSV file --->
<cffile action="append" file="#expandpath('result.csv')#" output="#rowList#" >
</cfoutput>