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I was reading a MS Excel help article about pivotcache and wonder what they mean by OLE DB and ODBC sources ...You should use the CommandText property instead of the SQL property, which now exists primarily for compatibility with earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. If you use both properties, the CommandText property’s value takes precedence. For OLE DB sources , the CommandType property describes the value of the CommandText property. For ODBC sources , the CommandText property functions exactly like the SQL property, and setting the property causes the data to be refreshed... I really

I know this topic is done to death but I am at wits end. I need to parse a csv. It's a pretty average CSV and the parsing logic has been written using OleDB by another developer who swore that it work before he went on vacation :) CSV sample: Dispatch Date,Master Tape,Master Time Code,Material ID,Channel,Title,Version,Duration,Language,Producer,Edit Date,Packaging,1 st TX,Last TX,Usage,S&P Rating,Comments,Replace,Event TX Date,Alternate Title ,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,,i,,j,k,,l,m,,n, The problem I have is that I get various errors depending on the connection string I try. when I try the connection

i am try to search for a specific value in a database by entering text into a textbox and then using SQL to query the database and then display results in the datagridview. here is the code: Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles txtSearch.TextChanged Connection.Open() Dim dataTable As New DataTable Dim dataSet As New DataSet dataSet.Tables.Add(dataTable) Dim dataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter Dim SQLQuery As String SQLQuery = <sql> SELECT * FROM Students WHERE StudentFirstName = @StudentFirstName </sql> .Value dataAdapter = New

I'm using OleDb to read from an excel workbook with many sheets. I need to read the sheet names, but I need them in the order they are defined in the spreadsheet; so If I have a file that looks like this; |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____| |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____| |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____| \__GERMANY__/\__UK__/\__IRELAND__/ Then I need to get the dictionary 1="GERMANY", 2="UK", 3="IRELAND" I've tried using OleDbConnection.GetOleDbSchemaTable() , and that gives me the list of names, but it alphabetically sorts them. The alpha-sort