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Re:Ask HN: What hosting do you use for personal projects? on Sunday December 20, 2009 @05:51AM (#1006008)
Gandi here too, great service.
Re:Poll: Where are you from? on Monday March 23, 2009 @06:57AM (#528360)
Geneva, Switzerland
Re:Ask YC: Excel Generation (Server Side)? on Monday September 08, 2008 @11:30AM (#298413)
I've used 2 methods:

1: SpreadsheetML: You can output XML which is understood by excel, here is an introduction: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb226687(office.11).aspx

2: Insert values into an existing template.xls which is accessed with sql using an Oledbconnection. The template can have existing charts which will get updated with the new values.