How to get list of ONLY excel worksheet names in Excel using OLEDB; filter out non-worksheets that show up in metadata

Question

I have an issue getting worksheet names from an Excel spreadsheet using OLEDB. The problem is that when I use GetOleDbSchemaTable, the resulting DataTable has more than jus

Answer 1

The question is old, but for those who found it now, the skipping can be done as Jim found...

// skip those that do not end correctly
foreach (DataRow row in schemTable.Rows)
{
    string sheetName = row["TABLE_NAME"].ToString();
    if (!sheetName.EndsWith("$") && !sheetName.EndsWith("$'"))
        continue;
    Console.WriteLine(sheetName);
}

That is the wanted are or those that end with $ or those that end with $'.