How to import all the Excel sheets to DataSet in C#
This is a code I came up with and it works perfect but I saw someone else already added an answer:
static DataSet Parse(string fileName)
{
string connectionString = string.Format("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; data source={0};Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;", fileName);
DataSet data = new DataSet();
foreach(var sheetName in GetExcelSheetNames(connectionString))
{
using (OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connectionString))
{
var dataTable = new DataTable();
string query = string.Format("SELECT * FROM [{0}]", sheetName);
con.Open();
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, con);
adapter.Fill(dataTable);
data.Tables.Add(dataTable);
}
}
return data;
}
static string[] GetExcelSheetNames(string connectionString)
{
OleDbConnection con = null;
DataTable dt = null;
con= new OleDbConnection(connectionString);
con.Open();
dt = con.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, null);
if (dt == null)
{
return null;
}
String[] excelSheetNames = new String[dt.Rows.Count];
int i = 0;
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
excelSheetNames[i] = row["TABLE_NAME"].ToString();
i++;
}
return excelSheetNames;
}
Because I was bored:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string filename = @"c:\temp\myfile.xlsx";
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection myConnection = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; " +
"data source='" + filename + "';" +
"Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=1\" ");
myConnection.Open();
DataTable mySheets = myConnection.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, new object[] { null, null, null, "TABLE" });
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt;
for (int i = 0; i <= mySheets.Rows.Count; i++)
{
dt = makeDataTableFromSheetName(filename, mySheets.Rows[i]["TABLE_NAME"].ToString());
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
}
}
private static DataTable makeDataTableFromSheetName(string filename, string sheetName)
{
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection myConnection = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; " +
"data source='" + filename + "';" +
"Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=1\" ");
DataTable dtImport = new DataTable();
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter myImportCommand = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [" + sheetName + "$]", myConnection);
myImportCommand.Fill(dtImport);
return dtImport;
}
The function that was suggested by Avitus is correct but it has logica error, you must rewrite in :
DataTable dtImport = new DataTable();
using ( System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection myConnection = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; " +
"data source='" + filename + "';" +
"Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=1\" ")){
using ( System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter myImportCommand = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [" + sheetName + "$]", myConnection))
myImportCommand.Fill(dtImport);
} return dtImport;
this is correct, otherwise you must dispose connection and dataadapter manually.