creating a database query METHOD

Question

I\'m not sure if im delluded but what I would like to do is create a method that will return the results of a query, so that i can reuse the connection code. As i understand

Answer 1

Hey! Try this, If you just want to display the names of all employees into a listBox, this should work. I just edited some lines from your code...

Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
    openedFile = openFileDialog1.FileName;

    lbxEmployeeNames.DataSource = Query("Select [name] FROM [Employees$]");
    lbxEmployeeNames.DisplayMember = "name"; // The column you want to be displayed in your listBox.
}

// Return a DataTable instead of String.
public DataTable Query(string sql)
{
    System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection MyConnection;
    string connectionPath;

    //build connection string
    connectionPath = "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source='" + openedFile + "';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;";

    MyConnection = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(connectionPath);
    MyConnection.Open();
    System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter myDataAdapter = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sql, MyConnection);
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    myDataAdapter.Fill(dt);
    return dt;
}