query for reading data from excel sheet in c# - excel

Question

Thanks Astander for replying to my query
I am here with more detailed query.
string cs = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" + "Data Source=" + #"D:\\sample.xls;" + "Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;";
OleDbConnection Excelcon = new OleDbConnection(cs);
OleDbDataAdapter ad = new OleDbDataAdapter();
ad.SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand("SELECT *FROM [Sheet1$]", Excelcon);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
ad.Fill(dt);
return dt;
I am getting error at the select statement that :
The Microsoft Office Access database engine could not find the object 'Sheet1$'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name correctly.
Hope someone can help me find a solution.

Answer 1

What worked for me is,
when file was created, it was stored in some specific location. In my case,C:/Documents.
I had manually changed the location to D:
this was what I had written
string connStringExcel = #"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source=D:\example.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;""";`
So,the actual path should be
string connStringExcel = #"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source=C:\A\Documents\example.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;""";`
So on giving the path of correct location,my query was solved.
Hope it helps someone else too.

Answer 2

// Create connection string variable. Modify the "Data Source"
// parameter as appropriate for your environment.
String sConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +
"Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("../ExcelData.xls") + ";" +
"Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;";
// Create connection object by using the preceding connection string.
OleDbConnection objConn = new OleDbConnection(sConnectionString);
// Open connection with the database.
objConn.Open();
// The code to follow uses a SQL SELECT command to display the data from the worksheet.
// Create new OleDbCommand to return data from worksheet.
OleDbCommand objCmdSelect =new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM myRange1", objConn);
// Create new OleDbDataAdapter that is used to build a DataSet
// based on the preceding SQL SELECT statement.
OleDbDataAdapter objAdapter1 = new OleDbDataAdapter();
// Pass the Select command to the adapter.
objAdapter1.SelectCommand = objCmdSelect;
// Create new DataSet to hold information from the worksheet.
DataSet objDataset1 = new DataSet();
// Fill the DataSet with the information from the worksheet.
objAdapter1.Fill(objDataset1, "XLData");
// Bind data to DataGrid control.
DataGrid1.DataSource = objDataset1.Tables[0].DefaultView;
DataGrid1.DataBind();
// Clean up objects.
objConn.Close();
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