Connection string to Excel 2010 spreadsheet.

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Hello,

Looking for the correct connection string format to use
to connect to an excel spreadsheet.

Current code is below:

C#

String sConnectionString = " Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\\Users\\andrew.c\\Documents\\Leave.xlsx;Extended Properties="Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES";

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Andrew C

Posted 4-Dec-11 10:36am

Andrew Chambers

Updated 8-Apr-16 1:19am

Eduard Lu

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[no name] 4-Dec-11 20:42pm

EDIT: added "pre" tag

rchacko 18-Nov-13 4:05am

When I try to read an excel 2010 file, got an error:
Could not find installable ISAM

Any idea?

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Wonde Tadesse · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-04T11:08:00

Solution 1

Here are lists of Connection strings for Excel[^]

Posted 4-Dec-11 11:08am

Wonde Tadesse