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=Providers= | |||
==Microsoft ACE OLEDB== | |||
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 | |||
With Office 2010, there are new drivers, the 2010 Office System Driver, which will be provided in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can use these drivers to let your application connect to Access, Excel and text files in a 64 bit environment utilizing the new 64-bit drivers. | |||
You don't need to buy or install the Office suite, the components are available as a separate download. | |||
==Microsoft Jet OLEDB== | |||
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 | |||
=Arguments= | =Arguments= | ||
The Provider supports the following arguments: | The Provider supports the following arguments: | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 10 January 2014
This page is still a work in progress.
Providers
Microsoft ACE OLEDB
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0
With Office 2010, there are new drivers, the 2010 Office System Driver, which will be provided in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can use these drivers to let your application connect to Access, Excel and text files in a 64 bit environment utilizing the new 64-bit drivers.
You don't need to buy or install the Office suite, the components are available as a separate download.
Microsoft Jet OLEDB
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
Arguments
The Provider supports the following arguments:
- Data Source=
- Path & Filename of the Excel workbook you want to process
- Extended Properties="x"
- "x" stands for one or multiple of the following extended properties separated by a semicolon:
- Excel 12.0 Xml
- Specifies the type of Excel file to process
- HDR=
- Specifying HDR=YES means that the test file contains a header row. A header row simply means that the first row in the text file is a list of fields, with all subsequent rows containing the actual data.
- IMEX=
- Value 1 tells the driver to always read "intermixed" (numbers, dates, strings etc) data columns as text. Note that this option might affect excel sheet write access negative.