Importing Excel into a DataTable Quickly

Question

I am trying to read an Excel file into a list of Data.DataTable, although with my current method it can take a very long time. I essentually go Worksheet by Worksheet, cell

Answer 1

Dim sSheetName As String
Dim sConnection As String
Dim dtTablesList As DataTable
Dim oleExcelCommand As OleDbCommand
Dim oleExcelReader As OleDbDataReader
Dim oleExcelConnection As OleDbConnection

sConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Test.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=No;IMEX=1"""

oleExcelConnection = New OleDbConnection(sConnection)
oleExcelConnection.Open()

dtTablesList = oleExcelConnection.GetSchema("Tables")

If dtTablesList.Rows.Count > 0 Then
    sSheetName = dtTablesList.Rows(0)("TABLE_NAME").ToString
End If

dtTablesList.Clear()
dtTablesList.Dispose()

If sSheetName <> "" Then

    oleExcelCommand = oleExcelConnection.CreateCommand()
    oleExcelCommand.CommandText = "Select * From [" & sSheetName & "]"
    oleExcelCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text

    oleExcelReader = oleExcelCommand.ExecuteReader

    nOutputRow = 0

    While oleExcelReader.Read

    End While

    oleExcelReader.Close()

End If

oleExcelConnection.Close()