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(); } } } } [/vb]