title: Import Excel spreadsheet into PostgreSQL
body: <p>I need to be able to import an Excel spreadsheet into a PostgreSQL database. The goal is for use with a Rails application. I have looked at the <a href="http://roo.rubyforge.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Roo gem</a> and it takes 16 seconds to convert a 2000 line XLS file to CSV which is unacceptable. So I was wondering if I could just short-circuit the Rails application and import directly into PostgreSQL.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to import data from an Excel spreadsheet directly into PostgreSQL?</p>