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SpreadsheetDeleteColumn

Last update:
May 18, 2026
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Description

Deletes data from a column of an Excel spreadsheet object. It does not delete the column.

Returns

Nothing

Category

Spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Office integration functions

Syntax

SpreadsheetDeleteColumn (spreadsheetObj, column)

See also

Spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Office integration functions

History

ColdFusion 9: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter
Description
spreadsheetObj
The Excel spreadsheet object from which to delete the column.
column
The column to delete.

Example

<cfscript>
 ArtOrders=QueryExecute("SELECT orderid,customerfirstname,customerlastname,address,total,city FROM orders
 ORDER BY orderid",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
 // Set the file path in the same location as this cfm
 myFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "myexcelfile.xls";
 // create spreadsheet object. Set xml to true as this is an xlsx file
 mySheet=SpreadsheetNew("ColdFusion",false);
 // Create another worksheet coldfusion1
 SpreadsheetCreateSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
 // Set headers for the xlsx file
 SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"Order,First Name,Last Name,Address,Amount,City");
 SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,ArtOrders);
 
 // set coldfusion as active sheet
 SpreadsheetSetActiveSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
 // new query for the new sheet
 Artists=QueryExecute("Select * from APP.ARTISTS",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
 
 // Add rows to the sheet
 SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"ARTISTID,First Name,Last Name,Address,CITY,STATE,POSTALCODE,EMAIL,PHONE,FAX,THEPASSWORD");
 SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,Artists);
 
 
 // Delete column 6 in the sheet ColdFusion1
 SpreadsheetDeleteColumn(mySheet,6);
 
 SpreadsheetWrite(mySheet,"#myFile#",true);
 
</cfscript>

Output

Figure: spreadsheetdeletecolumn output
spreadsheetdeletecolumn output

Example

The following example deletes the data from column 2 from a spreadsheet.
<cfquery

name="courses" datasource="cfdocexamples"

cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0, 6, 0, 0)#">

SELECT CORNUMBER,DEPT_ID,COURSE_ID,CORNAME

FROM COURSELIST

</cfquery>

<cfscript>

///We need an absolute path, so get the current directory path.

theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & courses.xls";

//Create a new Excel spreadsheet object and add the query data.

theSheet = SpreadsheetNew("CourseData");

SpreadsheetAddRows(theSheet,courses);

//Delete the second column of the sheet.

SpreadsheetDeleteColumn(theSheet,2);

</cfscript>

<!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. --->

<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet"

sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true>

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