Converting Excel data to XML

I came across this very useful article today. It's a great way to publish database data from Access or Excel and then to XML so you can include it on feed services like Feedburner.

It could also be useful in technical blogs. For instance if you have some daily report data (weather data comes to mind), using the above process you could set this up as a feed but also post a blog entry and include the feed. The benefit is, if that blog also has a feed you can then push it out to the wider public as well as just a closed group.

It's all a bit of a daydream. I'm looking at some practical applications of this over the next few weeks.

Converting Excel data to XML