problem displaying exact data in ms-excel from a webpage

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I have created an asp.net website,which stores data into an ms-excel sheet from the webpage,the problem is,all other column values except the first column(register number)are correct.when we open the sheet it displays a value "2.11511E+11" in the register number column.Why so? Im new to using ms-excel,plz help. And the datatype i used for register number is "long".

Posted 7-Aug-13 21:46pm

sundaram meenakshi

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[no name] 8-Aug-13 5:19am

PLease post the code snippet for displaying the data in the excel so that er can help you.

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sundaram meenakshi · Answer 1 · 2013-08-07T21:51:00

Solution 1

I found the solution,

This is just the format of the cell (represention)

Look at this[^] tutorial to change represention

Posted 7-Aug-13 21:51pm

sundaram meenakshi