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Convert XLS to SQL Server using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK
How to convert XLS to SQL Server data using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK for .NET
These samples shows how to export XLS to SQL Server data in VB and C# using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK.
You can also check out How to convert XLS to SQL Server data via CSV BULK INSERT tutorial.
Input XLS file:

Output - XLS data exported to SQL Server:

Visual Basic .NET
Imports System.IO Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet Imports System.Data.SqlClient Class Program Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String()) Try ' MODIFY THE CONNECTION STRING WITH YOUR CREDENTIALS!!! Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=true;" Using connection As New SqlConnection(connectionString) connection.Open() ' Drop test database if exists ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "IF DB_ID ('XlsTests') IS NOT NULL DROP DATABASE XlsTests") ' Create empty database ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE DATABASE XlsTests") ' Switch to created database ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "USE XlsTests") ' Create a table for XLS data ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE TABLE XlsTest (Name VARCHAR(40), FullName VARCHAR(255))") ' Load XLS document Using document As New Spreadsheet("SimpleReport.xls") Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets(0) For row As Integer = 0 To worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax Dim insertCommand As [String] = String.Format("INSERT XlsTest VALUES('{0}','{1}')", worksheet.Cell(row, 0).Value, worksheet.Cell(row, 1).Value) ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, insertCommand) Next End Using ' Check the data successfully exported Using command As New SqlCommand("SELECT * from XlsTest", connection) Dim reader As SqlDataReader = command.ExecuteReader() If reader IsNot Nothing Then Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Exported XLS data:") Console.WriteLine() While reader.Read() Console.WriteLine([String].Format("{0} | {1}", reader(0), reader(1))) End While End If End Using Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Press any key.") Console.ReadKey() End Using Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.Message) Console.ReadKey() End Try End Sub Private Shared Sub ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection As SqlConnection, query As String) Using command As New SqlCommand(query, connection) command.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using End Sub End Class
Visual C#
using System; using System.IO; using Bytescout.Spreadsheet; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace ExportToSQLServer { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { try { // MODIFY THE CONNECTION STRING WITH YOUR CREDENTIALS!!! string connectionString = "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=true;"; using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) { connection.Open(); // Drop test database if exists ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "IF DB_ID ('XlsTests') IS NOT NULL DROP DATABASE XlsTests"); // Create empty database ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE DATABASE XlsTests"); // Switch to created database ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "USE XlsTests"); // Create a table for XLS data ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE TABLE XlsTest (Name VARCHAR(40), FullName VARCHAR(255))"); // Load XLS document using (Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet("SimpleReport.xls")) { Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets[0]; for (int row = 0; row <= worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax; row++) { String insertCommand = string.Format("INSERT XlsTest VALUES('{0}','{1}')", worksheet.Cell(row, 0).Value, worksheet.Cell(row, 1).Value); ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, insertCommand); } } // Check the data successfully exported using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * from XlsTest", connection)) { SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader(); if (reader != null) { Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Exported XLS data:"); Console.WriteLine(); while (reader.Read()) { Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} | {1}", reader[0], reader[1])); } } } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key."); Console.ReadKey(); } } catch(Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message); Console.ReadKey(); } } static void ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(SqlConnection connection, string query) { using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(query, connection)) { command.ExecuteNonQuery(); } } } }
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