Read Data from Excel using OLEDB in VB.NET 2005
Without using Excel Object we can insert , edit , delete , select etc. in cell content of an Excel 2007 file using OLEDB in VB.NET 2005 . 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 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 .
Imports System.Data
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Try
Dim MyConnection As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim DtSet As System.Data.DataSet
Dim MyCommand As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
MyConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection _
("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" _
" Data Source='c:\testfile.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 ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
End Class |
When you execute this program you will get the contents in the excel file to the DataGrid.
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