ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – CSV to SQL Server

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CSV to SQL server in VB.NET and ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

How to code CSV to SQL server in VB.NET: How-To tutorial

The sample source codes on this page will demonstrate you how to make CSV to SQL server in VB.NET. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK was made to help with CSV to SQL server in VB.NET. 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.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do CSV to SQL server in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK. To do CSV to SQL server in your VB.NET project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

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

                ' Load CSV document
                Using document As New Spreadsheet()
                    document.LoadFromFile("sample.csv", ";") ' ";" - delimiter
                    Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets(0)

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

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