title: Programmatically Filter Excel Data Using Java
body: <p>I am working on a web application, where the user uploads a Excel file with a lot of data, the sheet in workbook is like a table in a DB, where each column corresponds to a data column, based on some input from the user in the UI I need to filter the data obtained form the excel.</p>
  
  <p>How can i do this? </p>
  
  <p>I looked up on 'Reading Excel as Datasource using JDBC', but i am unable to setup an ODBC driver that points to the Excel spreadsheet using the code shown
  <a href="http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Java/0340__Database/UseJDBCODBCbridgetoreadfromExcel.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. can someone please guide me? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>