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Michael John
Michael John

Reputation: 27

Connecting to an excel sheet(database) on a network

I'm trying to connect to an excel sheet (Book1.xlsx) on a network (ip=192.168.1.2). The excel sheet is my database. I know I can use access and other database, but I want to try using excel...is there a connection string that i could use in this case.

The previous connection string I was using when the database was on my machine was:

cn = new OleDbConnection(@"provider=microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0;data source=C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\Excel Prac\Book1.xlsx;extended properties=excel 12.0;");

Upvotes: 2

Views: 274

Answers (2)

Nagaraj S
Nagaraj S

Reputation: 13484

You can use this connection string to use the Office 2007 OLEDB driver (ACE 12.0) to connect to older 97-2003 Excel workbooks.

Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=\\computername\myOldExcelFile.xls;
Extended Properties="Excel 8.0;HDR=YES";

"HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data. "HDR=No;" indicates the opposite.

Upvotes: 0

Siddharth Rout
Siddharth Rout

Reputation: 149325

Try this (Untested)

cn =  new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;
      Data Source=\\192.168.1.2\<SomeFolder>\Book1.xlsx;
      extended properties=excel 12.0;");

Or if you know the name of that pc then

cn =  new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;
      Data Source=\\<NameOfPC>\<SomeFolder>\Book1.xlsx;
      extended properties=excel 12.0;");

Upvotes: 2

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