Import csv file into a Gridview

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I'm trying to read in a excel.csv file and populate a grid but I'm getting
an exception which specifies "Unspecifed Error" when trying to fill
the data adapter. Any suggestion as to what's wrong?

code snippet....

String strPath = @"\\clw-Grouper\web_data\RFI";

String connString = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source='{0}';Extended Properties='Text';", strPath);

try
{
string cmdString = string.Format("SELECT * FROM {0}","excel.csv");
OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(cmdString, connString);
DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
dataAdapter.Fill(dataSet); ExcelImportGrid.DataSource = dataSet;
ExcelImportGrid.DataBind();
ExcelImportGrid.Caption = Path.GetFileName(strFileName);

Application["GridTable"] = dataSet;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageLabel.Text = ex.Message;
}

Posted 15-Mar-12 11:38am

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Herman<T>.Instance · Answer 1 · 2012-03-15T12:31:00

You are using an excel connector not a csv connector.
Better try:

SQL

select TerritoryID
      ,TotalSales
      ,TotalCost
from openrowset('MSDASQL'
               ,'Driver={Microsoft Access Text Driver (*.txt, *.csv)}'
               ,'select * from C:\myfileName.CSV')

more info can be found here[^].