Retrieve data from an Excel spreadsheet using ADO.NET connection objects

[funcSter]

I want to retrieve data from an Excel file like how I would with a
database. I understand that I would have to use OLE DB. Somehow I
think I cannot get the connection string right, as the bit of code
fails at "objConn.Open()" with the error:
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Could not find installable ISAM.

Can somebody please help me out? I'm still a learning programmer, so
if someone can point out my mistakes, it'll be great! Thanks!

Dim objConn As OleDbConnection
Dim objTrans As OleDbTransaction
Dim objCmd As OleDbCommand
Dim objRead As OleDbDataReader

Dim strSource As String = "C:\temp\data.xls"
Dim strConn As String = "Persist Security Info=False;" & _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" + strSource + ";" & _
"Extended Properties=Microsoft Excel 97-2000;"

objConn = New OleDb.OleDbConnection(strConn)
objConn.Open()

Dim strSQLQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]"

objCmd.CommandText = strSQLQuery
objRead = objCmd.ExecuteReader()

While objRead.Read()
' Manipulate data
End While

objTrans.Commit()
objConn.Close()
objConn = Nothing

[Steven Stein [MSFT]]

It might be the:
Extended Properties=Microsoft Excel 97-2000

You might want to try:
Extended Properties=Excel 8.0
The following topic may help:

Reading Excel Data into a Dataset (Visual Basic)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...deexamplereadi
ngexceldataintodataset.asp

hope that helps

Steve Stein
VB Team

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| I want to retrieve data from an Excel file like how I would with a
| database. I understand that I would have to use OLE DB. Somehow I
| think I cannot get the connection string right, as the bit of code
| fails at "objConn.Open()" with the error:
| System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Could not find installable ISAM.
|
| Can somebody please help me out? I'm still a learning programmer, so
| if someone can point out my mistakes, it'll be great! Thanks!
|
| Dim objConn As OleDbConnection
| Dim objTrans As OleDbTransaction
| Dim objCmd As OleDbCommand
| Dim objRead As OleDbDataReader
|
| Dim strSource As String = "C:\temp\data.xls"
| Dim strConn As String = "Persist Security Info=False;" & _
| "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
| "Data Source=" + strSource + ";" & _
| "Extended Properties=Microsoft Excel 97-2000;"
|
| objConn = New OleDb.OleDbConnection(strConn)
| objConn.Open()
|
| Dim strSQLQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]"
|
| objCmd.CommandText = strSQLQuery
| objRead = objCmd.ExecuteReader()
|
| While objRead.Read()
| ' Manipulate data
| End While
|
| objTrans.Commit()
| objConn.Close()
| objConn = Nothing
|