How to upload and parse CSV file from server and from desktop

How to upload and parse CSV file from server and from desktop?

You can use [AlaSQL][1] library to load and parse CSV data from server or from desktop.

####From Server You can and parse data with CSV() function:

    alasql('SELECT * FROM CSV("mydata.csv",{headers:true})',[],function(data) {
        // Use data
    });

####From Desktop If you want to upload data from desktop you can use the following code:

     <script src="alasql.min.js"></script>
     <p>Select CSV file to read:</p>
     <input id="readfile" type="file" onchange="loadFile(event)"/>
     <script>
         function loadFile(event) {
             alasql('SELECT * FROM FILE(?,{headers:true})',[event],function(data){
            // Process data here
             });
         }
     </script>

The working example how to upload file is here.