Excel ADO.NET Provider

Standard ADO.NET Access to Excel

The Excel ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Excel data from any .NET application. Simply use Excel Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Excel Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Excel hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Excel Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: ExcelConnection, ExcelCommand, ExcelDataAdapter, ExcelDataReader, ExcelDataSource, ExcelParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Excel data in an easy, familiar way.

For example:

using (ExcelConnection conn = new ExcelConnection("...")) {
	string select = "SELECT * FROM ExcelSheet";
	ExcelCommand cmd = new ExcelCommand(select, conn);
	ExcelDataAdapter adapter = new ExcelDataAdapter(cmd);
	using (adapter) {
		DataTable table = new DataTable();
		adapter.Fill(table);		
		...
	}
}

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

Excel Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Excel Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.

using (ExcelConnection connection = new ExcelConnection(connectionString)) {
	ExcelDataAdapter dataAdapter = new ExcelDataAdapter(
	"SELECT Id, Where FROM ExcelSheet", connection);
  
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new ExcelCommand(
		"UPDATE ExcelSheet SET Where = @Where " +
		"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);

	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");

	DataTable ExcelSheetTable = new DataTable();
	dataAdapter.Fill(ExcelSheetTable);

	DataRow firstrow = ExcelSheetTable.Rows[0];
	firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";

	dataAdapter.Update(ExcelSheetTable);
}