database results into browser page (that is a downloadable as a CSV file)

[Silverado_NL]

hey everybody, i am currently trying to get my script to save some database results to a CSV (Comma Seperated Values) File.

getting the format right is not a problem, but having the users browser to save this as a CSV file is!!!.

what im trying to do is to display the information on screen, and when they want to, also being able to press File & Save As button in the browser.

and then trying to save the file like a CSV file instead of html or txt.

is this possible to work out?

or will i have to write the information into a self made file (on the server) and give the user a link to the file???

i know this last option is possible, but the first would be a better option for me!

if anybody has a any idea, plz let me know:)

 

Thanks in Advance.

 

 

 

Silverado

[UTAlan]

Your best bet would be to look into changing the MIME type of the page to "text/csv", although I'm not sure if that would work or not.