c# Excel skipping first row?

Question

I\'m importing an xls file using OleDbCommand to a ds. Problem I\'m having is during the foreach on my ds its skipping for first row. I can\'t figure out why. Any suggest

Answer 1

Change the connection string (as mentioned in comment) from:

string cnn = string.Format( 
    "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" +
    "data source={0}{1}{2};" +
    "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;", 
    fileLocation, fileName, fileExtension);

to:

string cnn = string.Format( 
    "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" +
    "data source={0}{1}{2};" +
    "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;HDR=No", 
    fileLocation, fileName, fileExtension);

Answer 2

Maybe you've told it to skip first row. I remember a property that sounds something like FirstRowIsHeader. I think if that is set to true, then it skips. this can be changed at point you create your connection

Answer 3

Check your connection string. Most likely it contains:

HDR=Yes

which indicates that first row is a header