Thursday, September 30, 2010

EXTRACT DATA FROM XLS AND XLSX FILE FORMAT

Dear All,

Todays post is about how to load data from excel sheet. This post is emphasized on following file formats:

1) xls (Excel Sheet 1997-2003)
2) xlsx (Excel Sheet 2007)

Both sheets require connection string to extract data from sheet.

Connection String for xls:

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=Sample1.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0"

Connection String for xlsx:

"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=Sample.xlsx;Extended Properties=Excel 12.0"

Below is a small program for your understanding. The program is in ASP.NET.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string connString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["xls"].ConnectionString;
// Create the connection object
OleDbConnection oledbConn = new OleDbConnection(connString);
// Open connection
oledbConn.Open();
// Create OleDbCommand object and select data from worksheet Sheet1
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", oledbConn);
// Create new OleDbDataAdapter
OleDbDataAdapter oleda = new OleDbDataAdapter();
oleda.SelectCommand = cmd;
// Create a DataSet which will hold the data extracted from the worksheet.
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
// Fill the DataSet from the data extracted from the worksheet.
oleda.Fill(ds, "Employees");
// Bind the data to the GridView
GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;
GridView1.DataBind();
}

I hope this will help you.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

SQL Statement OpenDataSource

SELECT *
FROM OPENDATASOURCE('SQLNCLI',
'Data Source=10.20.2.218;uid=sa;pwd=sa').
cardrequests.dbo.tbl_customer_Sql

Saturday, May 1, 2010

The credentials you provided for the SQL server Agent service are invalid. To continue, provide valid account and password for the SQL server Agent Se

The credentials you provided for the SQL server Agent service are invalid. To continue, provide valid account and password for the SQL server Agent Service.

Today, I have decided to install SQL SERVER 2008 on my PC. All was going fine until I came to server configuration page/tab. I was halted for half an hour to insert correct credential to move to the next page. If you are also getting the same trouble then just enter following data in Account name and password:

Account Name : "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE "
Password : Blank

I hope this will resolve your issue.

FORMATTING NUMBERS IN SQL

To format numbers in sql queries in SQL SERVER 2005, use the following command

Select Convert(nvarchar,cast(123123323 as money),1)

This will convert the following number 123123323 to 123,123,323.00

Docker Tutorial

 I have listed all the necessary commands of Docker below. In case if any is missing or if any improvement required, please share in comment...