How to read the excel file from FTP and load in datatable without downloading

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Hello Everyone,

I am facing some difficulty in reading the data from FTP. I have downloaded the file from FTP and saved locally and when I am try to read to the excel I am getting the below error.

"External table is not in the expected format".

If I am save the file with other name with save as, when I am reading its working.

I observed that when I am save as the file size is coming some 33 kb. Before save as original file size is 9 kb.

Can you please let me know where the issue is and help me.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Sujju

What I have tried:

I saved the file with save as and reading the file its working. But original file downloaded from FTP is not working.

Posted 25-Apr-19 1:58am

REDDY SRUJAN

Updated 25-Apr-19 3:51am

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F-ES Sitecore 25-Apr-19 8:04am

You probably have a problem with your code.

phil.o 25-Apr-19 8:43am

Hard to tell. Maybe something with the FTP transfer method you used. Make sure to use binary transfers maybe?

Richard MacCutchan 25-Apr-19 8:57am

Please provide some clearer details. For example, are you trying to open the file in Excel, or some other application?

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2019-04-25T03:52:00

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You're probably using the wrong connection string.

For XLSX files:
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + [filepath] + ";Extended Properties=Excel 12.0";

For XLS files:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data Source=" + [filepath] + ";Extended Properties="Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;"

Posted 25-Apr-19 3:52am

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Richard MacCutchan 25-Apr-19 10:55am

The ACE library can handle both types.