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Asked: 2026-06-06T17:16:33+00:00

i am reading an excel file using this code i found over the net:

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i am reading an excel file using this code i found over the net:

<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<body>
<%
Dim objConn, objRS, strSQL
Dim x, curValue
Dim valuesArray()

strSQL = "SELECT * FROM A1:A200"

Set objConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConn.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)}; IMEX=1; HDR=NO; "&_
    "Excel 8.0; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("myExcel.xls") & "; "

Set objRS=objConn.Execute(strSQL)

Response.Write("<table border=""1"">")
Response.Write("<tr>")

For x=0 To objRS.Fields.Count-1
   Response.Write("<th>" & objRS.Fields(x).Name & "</th>")
Next

Response.Write("</tr>")

Do Until objRS.EOF

    Response.Write("<tr>")

    For x=0 To objRS.Fields.Count-1
        curValue = objRS.Fields(x).Value
        If IsNull(curValue) Then
            curValue="N/A"
        End If
        curValue = CStr(curValue)
        valuesArray(x) = curValue
        Response.Write("<td>" & valuesArray(x) & "</td>")
    Next
    Response.Write("</tr>")
    objRS.MoveNext

Loop

objRS.Close
Response.Write("</table>")
objConn.Close

Set objRS=Nothing
Set objConn=Nothing
%>
</body>
</html>

upon first visit of the page the excel file is read properly. but if i refresh the page i get this error:

Provider error ‘80004005’

Unspecified error

would you happen to know what is causing this and how can i fix it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Most of the time this error is because you are refreshing too fast; if you were to wait like 10 sec or so it should not give you that error. Though ASP/ADO applications support multi-user access, an Excel spreadsheet does not. Therefore, this method of querying and updating information does not support multi-user concurrent access.

    see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q195951/

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