How to read from an Excel file using OLEDB
In the previous examples we used Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library for read or write to and Excel file . In C# without using Excel Object we can insert , edit , delete , select etc. in cell content of an Excel file using OLEDB .
Here we are using OleDbConnection , OleDbDataAdapter , DataSet for doing these operations in an Excel file. You have to import System.Data in the project for doing these operations . For read the content from an Excel file using ADO.NET , We can use the SELECT command like in SQL Operations.
sample Select sql
sql = "select * from [Sheet1$]"
Here is the sample Excel file .
Open the connection using OLEDB Provider
(provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source='Your Filename';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;)
Specify which data you want to read
select * from [Sheet1$]
Here is the screen short after reading from Excel file in C# .
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
namespace WindowsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection MyConnection ;
System.Data.DataSet DtSet ;
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter MyCommand ;
MyConnection = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source='c:\\csharp.net-informations.xls';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;");
MyCommand = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [Sheet1$]", MyConnection);
MyCommand.TableMappings.Add("Table", "TestTable");
DtSet = new System.Data.DataSet();
MyCommand.Fill(DtSet);
dataGridView1.DataSource = DtSet.Tables[0];
MyConnection.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show (ex.ToString());
}
}
}
} |
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