Reading Various Files into Datatable
'04a - EXCEL
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'Returns query against Excel file as datatable
Function ReadExcel(ByVal sqlString As String, ByVal path As String) As System.Data.DataTable
Dim strConn As String = _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & path & ";" & _
"Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;"""
Dim recs As New Data.DataTable()
Dim sql As New OleDbDataAdapter(sqlString, strConn)
sql.Fill(recs)
Return recs
End Function
'04b - ACCESS
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'Returns query against Access file database
Function ReadAccess(ByVal sqlString As String, ByVal path As String) As System.Data.DataTable
Dim strConn As String = _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & path & ";"
Dim recs As New Data.DataTable()
Dim sql As New OleDbDataAdapter(sqlString, strConn)
sql.Fill(recs)
Return recs
End Function
'04c - CSV
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'Returns datatable from CSV File
Function ReadCSV(ByVal path As String) As System.Data.DataTable
Dim sr As New StreamReader(path)
Dim fullFileStr As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
sr.Close()
sr.Dispose()
Dim lines As String() = fullFileStr.Split(ControlChars.Lf)
Dim recs As New DataTable()
Dim sArr As String() = lines(0).Split(","c)
For Each s As String In sArr
recs.Columns.Add(New DataColumn())
Next
Dim row As DataRow
Dim finalLine As String = ""
For Each line As String In lines
row = recs.NewRow()
finalLine = line.Replace(Convert.ToString(ControlChars.Cr), "")
row.ItemArray = finalLine.Split(","c)
recs.Rows.Add(row)
Next
Return recs
End Function
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