Connection String to read excel sheet and compare it with the sql data

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Can someone tell me Oledb connectionstring to read excel file in VB.Net. If possible pls help with the coding.

Posted 17-Dec-11 3:40am

jus coding

Updated 17-Dec-11 4:00am

Nikil S

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Nikil S 17-Dec-11 10:00am

Edited Spelling.

jus coding 17-Dec-11 10:39am

ts getting connected but the error wat i am getting is " External table is not in the expected for

jus look at my code

Dim oledbCon As New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\new2.xlsx;Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;Format=xls;IMEX=1;""")

Dim oledbcommand As New OleDbCommand("select A from [{0}]")
oledbcommand.Connection = oledbCon

con.Close()
con.Open()
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter(oledbcommand)

Dim ds As New DataSet
da.Fill(ds)
Dim sa As String = ""

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-12-17T05:54:00

Solution 3

Excel 2007 - see http://connectionstrings.com/excel-2007[^].
Otherwise see here[^].

Posted 17-Dec-11 5:54am

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Amir Mahfoozi 19-Dec-11 6:59am

+5

Abhinav S 19-Dec-11 8:24am

Thanks.

Not Active · Answer 2 · 2011-12-17T03:43:00

Solution 1

www.connectionstrings.com[^] You shouold bookmark it

Posted 17-Dec-11 3:43am

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Nikil S · Answer 3 · 2011-12-17T04:24:00

Solution 2

Use Microsoft Jet provider to connect to an Excel workbook.

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1""

source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254500.aspx[^]

Posted 17-Dec-11 4:24am

Nikil S

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jus coding 17-Dec-11 10:36am

its getting connected but the error wat i am getting is " External table is not in the expected for

jus look at my code

Dim oledbCon As New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\new2.xlsx;Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;Format=xls;IMEX=1;""")

Dim oledbcommand As New OleDbCommand("select A from [{0}]")
oledbcommand.Connection = oledbCon

con.Close()
con.Open()
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter(oledbcommand)

Dim ds As New DataSet
da.Fill(ds)
Dim sa As String = ""