'Data extracted from Excel is different than the one in database. It's appearing as "=-" in Excel but "-" in database table

As per title. Not sure what to do to extract the correct data format.

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In excel, appear as #NAME?

In database



Solution 1:[1]

If you are copy pasting to Excel, first format the column as text and then try to paste the data. You can use the Data->Get Data->From Database in Excel to directly extract the table data from database and the columns will be formatted automatically.

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Solution 1 Dale K