Fail connection to csvfile in C# - Oledb adapter

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This is driving me crazy:

I want to connet a CSV in C# when I press a button and the string connection reports error when the event happens , no path found, I don't know why. I google it but still having troubles. I try with next formats and they don't works:

a)

C#

string PATH = "C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2013\\Projects\\tt\\tt\\Data\\";
string sConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + PATH + ";Extended Properties=\"text;HDR=yes;FMT=delimited\";";

b)

string sConnection =    "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source= C:\\Users\xxx\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2013\\Projects\\xx\\xx\\Data\\employees.csv;Extended Properties=\"text;HDR=YES;FMT=Delimited\"";

c)

C#

string PATH = "C:\\Users\xxx\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2013\\Projects\\xx\\xx\\Data\\employees.csv;";
            string sConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=+PATH+;Extended Properties="Excel 12.0;HDR=YES";"

where is my mistake or what am i missing?

Posted 5-Sep-14 2:35am

Kinna-10626331

Updated 7-Sep-14 20:35pm

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pradiprenushe 5-Sep-14 22:57pm

Remove filename from path

Kinna-10626331 8-Sep-14 2:34am

string PATH = "C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2013\\Projects\\tt\\tt\\Data\\";
string sConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + PATH + ";Extended Properties=\"text;HDR=yes;FMT=delimited\";";

it still not working

Richard MacCutchan 8-Sep-14 4:02am

Your format specification is incorrect, it uses parentheses not quotes, and should be:
FMT=Delimited(;)

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2014-09-05T02:47:00

Solution 1

You should only pass the directory name when trying to read .csv files. See Using OleDb to Import Text Files (tab, CSV, custom)[^] for more details.

Posted 5-Sep-14 2:47am

Richard MacCutchan

CB Sharma · Answer 2 · 2014-09-05T02:49:00

Solution 2

Hello

follow the below link

http://www.connectionstrings.com/textfile/[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6813607/parsing-csv-using-oledb-using-c-sharp[^]

Posted 5-Sep-14 2:49am

CB Sharma