JSP generating Excel spreadsheet (XLS) to download

Question

I have this application I\'m developing in JSP and I wish to export some data from the database in XLS (MS Excel format).

Is it possible under tomcat to just write a

Answer 1

While you can use a full fledged library like JExcelAPI, Excel will also read CSV and plain HTML tables provided you set the response MIME Type to something like "application/vnd.ms-excel".

Depending on how complex the spreadsheet needs to be, CSV or HTML can do the job for you without a 3rd party library.