How to connect to Excel ?

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hkappleorange

I connect to mdb file using the following codes. How should I modify it if I
want to connect to Excel instead ?


<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>
<%
Dim conAuthors As OleDbConnection
Dim cmdSelectAuthors As OleDbCommand
Dim dtrAuthors As OleDbDataReader

conAuthors = New OleDbConnection(
"PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA
Source=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ASPX\Authors.mdb" )
conAuthors.Open()
cmdSelectAuthors = New OleDbCommand( "Select au_lname From Authors",
conAuthors )
dtrAuthors = cmdSelectAuthors.ExecuteReader()
While dtrAuthors.Read()
Response.Write( "<li>" )
Response.Write( dtrAuthors( "au_lname" ) )
End While
dtrAuthors.Close()
conAuthors.Close()
%>
 
G

Guest

Hi Dear hkappleorange,


Try these 3 things

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

"HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data

"IMEX=1;" tells the driver to always read "intermixed" data columns as text


TIP! SQL syntax: "SELECT * FROM [sheet1$]" - i.e. worksheet name followed by
a "$" and wrapped in "[" "]" brackets.
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2. ODBC
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Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver
(*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;"

TIP! SQL syntax: "SELECT * FROM [sheet1$]" - i.e. worksheet name followed by
a "$" and wrapped in "[" "]" brackets

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3.

ODBC Driver for Excel
===================

oConn.Open "Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};" & _
"DriverId=790;" & _
"Dbq=c:\somepath\mySpreadsheet.xls;" & _
"DefaultDir=c:\somepath"


Microsoft Excel Driver Programming Considerations
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...t_excel_driver_programming_considerations.asp

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OLE DB Providers

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OLE DB Provider for Active Directory Service
OLE DB Provider for Advantage
OLE DB Provider for AS/400 (from IBM)
OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM (from Microsoft)
OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server
OLE DB Provider for DB2
OLE DB Provider for DTS Packages
OLE DB Provider for Exchange
OLE DB Provider for Excel
OLD DB Provider for Internet Publishing
OLE DB Provider for Index Server
OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Jet
OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Project
OLE DB Provider for MySQL
OLE DB Provider for ODBC Databases
OLE DB Provider for OLAP Services
OLE DB Provider for Oracle (from Microsoft)
OLE DB Provider for Oracle (from Oracle)
OLE DB Provider for Pervasive
OLE DB Provider for Simple Provider
OLE DB Provider for SQLBase
OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
OLE DB Provider for SQL Server via SQLXMLOLEDB
OLE DB Provider for Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere
OLE DB Provider for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
OLE DB Provider for Text Files
OLE DB Provider for UniData and UniVerse
OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro

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OLE DB Provider for Active Directory Service
oConn.Open "Provider=ADSDSOObject;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;" & _
"Password=myPassword"
For more information, see: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Active
Directory Service

To view Microsoft KB articles related to Data Link File, click here


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OLE DB Provider for Advantage
oConn.Open "Provider=Advantage OLE DB Provider;" & _
"Data source=c:\myDbfTableDir;" & _
"ServerType=ADS_LOCAL_SERVER;" & _
"TableType=ADS_CDX"
For more information, see: Advantage OLE DB Provider (for ADO)


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OLE DB Provider for AS/400 (from IBM)
oConn.Open "Provider=IBMDA400;" & _
"Data source=myAS400;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;" & _
"Password=myPassword"
For more information, see: A Fast Path to AS/400 Client/Server


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OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM (from Microsoft)
oConn.Open "Provider=SNAOLEDB;" & _
"Data source=myAS400;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;" & _
"Password=myPassword"
For more information, see: ConnectionString Property

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and
VSAM, click here


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OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server
For Data Warehouse

oConn.Open "Provider=Commerce.DSO.1;" & _
"Data Source=mscop://InProcConn/Server=mySrvName:" & _
"Catalog=DWSchema:Database=myDBname:" & _
"User=myUsername:password=myPassword:" & _
"FastLoad=True"

' Or

oConn.Open "URL=mscop://InProcConn/Server=myServerName:" & _
"Database=myDBname:Catalog=DWSchema:" & _
"User=myUsername:password=myPassword:" & _
"FastLoad=True"

For Profiling System

oConn.Open "Provider=Commerce.DSO.1;" & _
"Data Source=mscop://InProcConn/Server=mySrvName:" & _
"Catalog=Profile Definitions:Database=myDBname:" & _
"User=myUsername:password=myPassword"

' Or

oConn.Open _
"URL=mscop://InProcConnect/Server=myServerName:" & _
"Database=myDBname:Catalog=Profile Definitions:" & _
"User=myUsername:password=myPassword"
For more information, see: OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server,
DataWarehouse, and Profiling System

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for Commerce
Server, click here


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OLE DB Provider for DB2 (from Microsoft)
For TCP/IP connections

oConn.Open = "Provider=DB2OLEDB;" & _
"Network Transport Library=TCPIP;" & _
"Network Address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;" & _
"Initial Catalog=MyCatalog;" & _
"Package Collection=MyPackageCollection;" & _
"Default Schema=MySchema;" & _
"User ID=MyUsername;" & _
"Password=MyPassword"

For APPC connections

oConn.Open = "Provider=DB2OLEDB;" & _
"APPC Local LU Alias=MyLocalLUAlias;" & _
"APPC Remote LU Alias=MyRemoteLUAlias;" & _
"Initial Catalog=MyCatalog;" & _
"Package Collection=MyPackageCollection;" & _
"Default Schema=MySchema;" & _
"User ID=MyUsername;" & _
"Password=MyPassword"
For more information, see: ConnectionString Property, and Q218590

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for DB2, click here


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OLE DB Provider for DTS Packages
The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DTS Packages is a read-only provider that
exposes Data Transformation Services Package Data Source Objects.

oConn.Open = "Provider=DTSPackageDSO;" & _
"Data Source=mydatasource"

For more information, see: OLE DB Providers Tested with SQL Server

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for DTS Packages,
click here


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OLE DB Provider for Exchange
oConn.Provider = "EXOLEDB.DataSource"
oConn.Open = "http://myServerName/myVirtualRootName"
For more information, see: Exchange OLE DB Provider, Messaging,
Calendaring, Contacts, and Exchange using ADO objects

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for Exchange, click
here


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OLE DB Provider for Excel
Currently Excel does not have an OLE DB Provider.

However, you can use the ODBC Driver for Excel.

Or use the OLE DB Provider for JET to read and write data
in an Excel workbook.


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OLE DB Provider for Index Server
oConn.Open "Provider=MSIDXS;" & _
"Data source=MyCatalog"

For more information, see: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Indexing
Service

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for Index Server,
click here


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OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing
oConn.Open "Provider=MSDAIPP.DSO;" & _
"Data Source=http://mywebsite/myDir;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;" & _
"Password=myPassword"
' Or

oConn.Open "URL=http://mywebsite/myDir;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;" & _
"Password=myPassword"
For more information, see: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing
and Q245359

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for Internet
Publishing, click here


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OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Jet
For standard security

oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=c:\somepath\myDb.mdb;"
If using a Workgroup (System Database)

oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=c:\somepath\mydb.mdb;" & _
"Jet OLEDB:System Database=MySystem.mdw", _
"myUsername", "myPassword"
Note, remember to convert both the MDB and the MDW to the 4.0
database format when using the 4.0 OLE DB Provider.


If MDB has a database password

oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=c:\somepath\mydb.mdb;" & _
"Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword", _
"myUsername", "myPassword"

If want to open up the MDB exclusively

oConn.Mode = adModeShareExclusive
oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=c:\somepath\myDb.mdb;"
If MDB is located on a network share

oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=\\myServer\myShare\myPath\myDb.mdb"

If MDB is located on a remote machine

- Or use an XML Web Service via SOAP Toolkit or .NET
- Or upgrade to SQL Server and use an IP connection string




If you don't know the path to the MDB (using ASP)

<% ' ASP server-side code
oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & Server.MapPath(".") & "\db\myDb.mdb;" & _
%>
This assumes the MDB is in a sub-directory called "db" directory, which has
Read/Write permissions for the Web site identity account (e.g. IUSR_XXXXX).


If you don't know the path to the MDB (using VB)

oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & App.Path & "\myDb.mdb;" & _
"User Id=admin;" & _
"Password="
This assumes the MDB is in the same directory where the application is
running.

For more information, see: OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Jet, Q191754, and
Q225048

Note: Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51 only gets installed by MDAC 2.0. Q197902
Note: MDAC 2.6 and 2.7 do not contain any of the JET components. Q271908
and Q239114

To view Microsoft KB articles related to OLE DB Provider for Microsoft JET,
click here



You can also open an Excel Spreadsheet using the JET OLE DB Provider
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oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=c:\somepath\mySpreadsheet.xls;" & _
"Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes"""

Where "HDR=Yes" means that there is a header row in the cell range
(or named range), so the provider will not include the first row of the
selection into the recordset. If "HDR=No", then the provider will include
the first row of the cell range (or named ranged) into the recordset.


ExcelADO demonstrates how to use ADO to read and write data in Excel workbooks
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278973

For Anything and Everthing, Please Let Me Know

Bye
Venkat_KL
 
G

Guest

Dear hkappleorange

here are some more very useful links

1. How To Query and Display Excel Data by Using ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Visual
Basic .NET
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311731


2. How to query and display excel data by using ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Visual
C# .NET
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306572

3. Excel Connectivity in VB.NET

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Excel_Connectivity.asp

I think this is more than sufficient, But if you want any other thing

Please Let me Know

Bye
Venkat_KL
 

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