read excel data line by line with c# .net

Question

Does anyone know how can I read an excel file line by line in c#.

I found this code which will return the data from excel and display a grindview in c#. However, I j

Answer 1

You must try this

        string connectionString = "";
        string strFileType = "Type";
        string path = @"C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\";
        string filename = "filename.xls";
        if (fielname.Contains(.xls))
        {
            connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + path + filename + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=2\"";
        }
        else if (fielname.Contains(.xlsx)
        {
            connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + path + filename + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=2\"";
        }


        string query = "SELECT * FROM [SheetName$]";
        using (OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(connectionString))
        {
            OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand(query, connection);

            connection.Open();
            OleDbDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();

            var lines = new List();
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                var fieldCount = reader.FieldCount;

                var fieldIncrementor = 1;
                var fields = new List();
                while (fieldCount >= fieldIncrementor)
                {
                    fields.Add(reader[fieldIncrementor - 1].ToString());
                    fieldIncrementor++;
                }

                lines.Add(string.Join("\t", fields));
            }
            reader.Close();
        }