I would like to know how I can read multiple excel worksheet with different worksheet name in c# and with the used of oledb.
I have this existing way to read multiple sheets (but with fixed worksheet name):
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
var excelConnectionString = string.Format(“Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=Excel 8.0”, path);
OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection();
connection.ConnectionString = excelConnectionString;
var i = 1;
while (i <= 4)
{
string query = “SELECT * FROM [Sheet” + i + “$]”;
ds.Clear();
OleDbDataAdapter data = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, connection);
data.Fill(ds);
// other stuff
i = i + 1;
}
Elegant solutions is:
static DataTable GetSchemaTable(string connectionString)
{
using (OleDbConnection connection = new
OleDbConnection(connectionString))
{
connection.Open();
DataTable schemaTable = connection.GetOleDbSchemaTable(
OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables,
new object[] { null, null, null, "TABLE" });
return schemaTable;
}
}
Your code would change to:
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
var excelConnectionString = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=Excel 8.0", path);
OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection();
connection.ConnectionString = excelConnectionString;
DataTable sheets = GetSchemaTable(excelConnectionString);
foreach (dataRow r in sheets.rows)
{
string query = "SELECT * FROM [" + r.Item(0).ToString + "]";
ds.Clear();
OleDbDataAdapter data = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, connection);
data.Fill(ds);
}