ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Convert XLSX to SQL Server

Home
/
Articles
/
ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Convert XLSX to SQL Server

printable version:
ByteScout-Spreadsheet-SDK-VB-NET-Convert-XLSX-to-SQL-Server.pdf

How to convert XLSX to SQL server in VB.NET using ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

Write code in VB.NET to convert XLSX to SQL server with this step-by-step tutorial

We made thousands of pre-made source code pieces for easy implementation in your own programming projects. What is ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK? It 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. It can help you to convert XLSX to SQL server in your VB.NET application.

You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the VB.NET code from ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK for convert XLSX to SQL server below and use it in your application. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instruction. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

Free trial version of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is available on our website. Documentation and source code samples are included.

On-demand (REST Web API) version:
Web API (on-demand version)

On-premise offline SDK for Windows:
60 Day Free Trial (on-premise)

Program.vb

      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 ('XlsxTests') IS NOT NULL DROP DATABASE XlsxTests")
                ' Create empty database
                ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE DATABASE XlsxTests")
                ' Switch to created database
                ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "USE XlsxTests")
                ' Create a table for XLSX data
                ExecuteQueryWithoutResult(connection, "CREATE TABLE XlsxTest (Name VARCHAR(40), FullName VARCHAR(255))")

                ' Load XLSX document
                Using document As New Spreadsheet()
                    document.LoadFromFile("Hello_world.xlsx")
                    Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets(0)

                    For row As Integer = 0 To worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax
                        Dim insertCommand As [String] = String.Format("INSERT XlsxTest 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 XlsxTest", connection)
                    Dim reader As SqlDataReader = command.ExecuteReader()

                    If reader IsNot Nothing Then
                        Console.WriteLine()
                        Console.WriteLine("Exported XLSX 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