Question

is there any free tool to read excel without using Excel Interop. I am creating a website using Visual studio 2010, and I am using c# and asp. I cant install any software on server so I want to use some third party free tool. I read the file and have to use the contents to update the db,. I want to read Both XLSX and XLS Need some suggestions for that. Thanks

Answer 1

You can use ADO.NET to read from an Excel File which enables you to use a spreadsheet as you would a table in a database.

Here’s the sample connection string that uses the JET OLEDB Provider from connectionstrings.com/excel

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
       Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;
       Extended Properties="Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1";