Getting the first sheet from an Excel document regardless of sheet name with OleDb

Question

I have users that name their sheets all sorts of crazy things, but I want to be able to get the first sheet of the Excel document regardless of what it is named.

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Answer 1

You can use this approach also for getting sheet name. See comments for more understanding

myExcelConn.Open()

//GET DATA FROM EXCEL SHEET.
Dim str As String = String.Empty
Dim Sheets As DataTable = myExcelConn.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, Nothing)
For i As Integer = 0 To Sheets.Rows.Count - 1
    str += Sheets.Rows(i)("TABLE_NAME").ToString() + "," //It will return sheet1,sheet2,sheet3 according to my excel file
Next

Dim objOleDB As New OleDbCommand("SELECT *FROM [" + str.Split(",")(0) + "]", myExcelConn) //It will select sheet1
Me.Label1.Text = str.Split(",")(0).Replace("$", "")
// READ THE DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE EXCEL FILE.
Dim objBulkReader As OleDbDataReader
objBulkReader = objOleDB.ExecuteReader

Dim dt As DataTable = New DataTable
dt.Load(objBulkReader)

//FINALLY, BIND THE EXTRACTED DATA TO THE GRIDVIEW.
GridView1.DataSource = dt
GridView1.DataBind()
//If you want sheet2 data
 Dim objOleDB1 As New OleDbCommand("SELECT *FROM [" + str.Split(",")(1).Split(",")(0) + "]", myExcelConn)
//If you want sheet3 data
 Dim objOleDB2 As New OleDbCommand("SELECT *FROM [" + str.Split(",")(2).Split(",")(0) + "]", myExcelConn)