ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Convert ODS to SQL Server

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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Convert ODS to SQL Server

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How to convert ODS to SQL server in C# and ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to convert ODS to SQL server in C#

Learn how to convert ODS to SQL server in C# with this source code sample. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the SDK component for writing, reading, modifying and calculating Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Can calculate and reculculate formulas with Excel installed. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON. Supports export to databases, arrays, streams and you can use it to convert ODS to SQL server with C#.

This rich sample source code in C# for ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK includes the number of functions and options you should do calling the API to convert ODS to SQL server. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Use of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK in C# is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.cs

      using System;
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 ('OdsTests') IS NOT NULL DROP DATABASE OdsTests");
					// Create empty database
					ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE DATABASE OdsTests");
					// Switch to created database
					ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "USE OdsTests");
					// Create a table for ODS data
					ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection,
											  "CREATE TABLE OdsTest (Name VARCHAR(40), FullName VARCHAR(255))");

					// Load ODS document
					using (Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet())
					{
						document.LoadFromFile("sample.ods");
						Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets[0];

						for (int row = 0; row <= worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax; row++)
						{
							String insertCommand = string.Format("INSERT OdsTest 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 OdsTest", connection))
					{
						SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();

						if (reader != null)
						{
							Console.WriteLine();
							Console.WriteLine("Exported ODS 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();
			}
		}
	}
}