Problems reading in an Excel file in C#

Question

I\'m reading an Excel file with OLDB Connection using this code

        var connectionString = string.Format(\"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; data source={0};         


        

Answer 1

I had this exact problem and solve it with using IMEX setting. In case others are wondering how to include the IMEX, here is what I have on my connection string

string connectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Extended Properties='Excel 8.0;IMEX=1';Data Source={0};";
connectionString = string.Format(connectionString, excelWorkbookPath);