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formatting results using sql select with jet

I have data in Excel files that I am pulling out using the MS Jet OLEDB provider. The results of my select are being passed into a component that I cannot change to generate an html table on the fly. Some of my data files contain numbers that I need formatted with commas (#,###). As I said I cannot change the output component to forma...

The 'Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider' provider is not registered on the local machine.

I am getting this error when trying to connect to sybase database using oledb connectivity from visual studio.net 2005 The 'Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider' provider is not registered on the local machine. ...

Possible to access WMI through ADO?

Is there an OLEDB provider for WMI/WBEM? In other words, could someone access WMI through: ADO in shell vbscript ADO in ASP script ADO in Win32 native process SQL Server linked server SQL Server OPENROWSET() Is there an OLEDB provider for WMI/WBEM? Is it possible to access WMI through ADO? i hear rumors that an ODBC driver exist...

Relative table links in ms-access

I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I can't find it. Can I set a relative path for the location of a linked table in Access 2003? The other table is also stored in an mdb file. These databases will sometimes be connected to via odbc or oledb, so relying on vba code that fires when Access opens the file will not work. If poss...

Requested operation requires an OLE DB Session object... - Connecting Excel to SQL server via ADO

I'm attempting to take Excel 2003 and connect it to SQL Server 2000 to run a few dynamicly generated SQL Queries which ultimately filling certain cells. I'm attempting to do this via VBA via ADO (I've tried 2.8 to 2.0) but I'm getting an error while setting the ActiveConnection variable which is inside the ADODB.Connection object. I ne...

Why is my OLE data source data not querying consistently?

Howdy, I have a Microsoft Excel 2003 file that I am querying from C# 2.0 using an OleDbConnection. One of the cells in the Excel file is formated as a short date and displays in Excel as "1/1/2009". If I change the format to General the text displayed in that cell changes to "39814". If I query the Excel file while the file is op...

Leading Zero is dropped when converting a csv file to data table using oledb

I have a csv file from which I have to populate different tables in database I am using Microsoft.Jet.OleDb.4.0 to convert csv file to data table from where I proceed forward the problem is when I do this a value such as "0261" is stored as 261, the leading zero is dropped, is there a way to prevent it??? Thanks in advance... ...

How do I create a new VFP (OLEDB) table from an existing one using .NET?

We have an application that creates a number of Visual Foxpro (DBF) tables. Each of those tables have a different schema, but they all contain a known date field. I've been asked to create another application (in C#) that will copy the last week's worth of data from each table to a new table (in a different folder to the source tables)....

Microsoft Access required for C# database access on end-user machines?

Silly question, perhaps. I've developed an app on my machine that uses a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) to access certain information and populate a table with monitoring data using OLEDb. The application works fine on my machine, but when I put the release on test machines (without MS Access), it crashes. Interestingly, if I were to...

Load csv into oleDB and force all inferred datatypes to string

Im trying to load a csv file into a datatable using oledb. This is no problem but unfortunately one of the fields which looks numeric has a string value in about 3% of the fields and so is not being populated. because im converting the csv into xml i really don't care about inferring datatypes and simply need the data in a string as i ...

C# and Excel files

I need to create a program that can read from/write to an Excel file. Should I use OleDB or use an Excel Object? What are the advantages of one over another, and where can I read up to get started on implementing this? ...

C# OLE DB: How can I reorder columns of database table by using a dataset?

I know this might be a bit awkward but I am trying to modify the order of certain columns in a MS Access database in C# with OLE DB. How can I commit a certain change in the order of the columns of a datatable in a dataset? If that is not possible, how can I reorder columns of database table by using a dataset? Here is a sample of what ...

Update or Delete a Line from CSV using C#

hi, can anyone please help me with this query. I have a CSV file which is used by a unix application as a config file. The file has no header and the first column is unique. This is the format of the file. XXX1,11112009,11112009 XXX2,11112009,11112009 How do i, using C#: 1) update a a whole line 2) Delete a line I tried using...

Accessing Excel 2007 file format with OLEDB

I'm currently trying to access an excel 2007 file on a server that doesn't contain Microsoft Office on it. My connectionstring is something like this. String connString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" + "Data Source=" + file_path + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;"; But this is for 2003 format, which works fine. I would li...

Search all dates before a specific date in a database (VB.NET|OLE)

Hello, I have a database (MDB, Access) and I connect it to my program using an OLE object, now I have in the db a column filled with dates (ddmmyy), I want to search and view (in Data grid view) all the fields that has a date before a Specific Date that I define . the code of search that I used is : SQLstr = "SELECT * FROM tb WHERE...

The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine

Can someone help me with this error? When I try to open a connection to an mdb, I get "The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine" error. How can I correct this? My code is pretty simple: class ImportTDB { private string filename; private string connectionString; private int collisions = ...

Problem In get dates between 2 date (vb.net | OLE)

Hello ,,, I have an data base (.mdb) and it has a column with dates (dd/mm/yy) , some one give me a code to get all the dates in database between 2 dates , the code was : Select * from table where date between 'StartDate' and 'EndDate' but after I use the code , an error occurs told me that the types of data is not the same System...

OLEDB CASE WHEN in SELECT Query

how can use case when statement with oledb to excel file using vb.net 2.0 like select prodid, case prodid when 1 then 'fine' when 2 then 'good' end ...

Data type mismatch in criteria expression From Excel file through OLEDB

I am processing an uploaded file through a ASP.NET page. I am using the following connection string: string connectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + excelFile + @";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;"""; Here is the SQL statement: string sql = "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$] WHERE [req_tf_order_no] <> ...

Whats missing using OleDbDataAdapter.Update to update Access.mdb file?

With the following code below I have managed to open an Access.mpd database and read rows from the table Saved. However when I try to change data or add new rows I works fine as long as the program is running but nothing seem to be saved to the access.mdb file. Update: OleDbCommand apparently cannot simply be modified inside the DataAd...