Error Reading Excel through OLEDB connection

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I am reading an excel spreadsheet in C# using OleDb connection. I get an error (See below) if any of the column headers in the excel is "Domain".

The error message is (raw)

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException (0x80004005): IErrorInfo.GetDescription failed with E_FAIL(0x80004005).
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextErrorHandling(OleDbHResult hr)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARAMS dbParams, Object& executeResult)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object& executeResult)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Object& executeResult)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behavior, String method)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, Strin
g srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command,
CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet)
   at ExcelReader.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Eser\Development\ExcelReader\ExcelReader\Program.cs:line 32

More message that I gathered from the Exception handling:

Message: IErrorInfo.GetDescription failed with E_FAIL(0x80004005).
Native: -533136361
Source: IErrorInfo.GetSource failed with E_FAIL(0x80004005).
SQL: 3000

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The c# statements are (not working!!!) and the excel column header contains "Domain":

C#

OleDbCommand objCmdSelect = new OleDbCommand("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM [Sheet1$A1:F1228] WHERE Domain = 'Finance' AND Discipline = 'Taxation'", objConn);
OleDbDataAdapter objAdapter1 = new OleDbDataAdapter();
objAdapter1.SelectCommand = objCmdSelect;
DataSet ds1 = new DataSet();
objAdapter1.Fill(ds1);

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The c# statements are (working!!!) and the excel column header now contains "Domaine" or anything else (anything other than Domain):

C#

OleDbCommand objCmdSelect = new OleDbCommand("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM [Sheet1$A1:F1228] WHERE Domaine = 'Finance' AND Discipline = 'Taxation'", objConn);
OleDbDataAdapter objAdapter1 = new OleDbDataAdapter();
objAdapter1.SelectCommand = objCmdSelect;
DataSet ds1 = new DataSet();
objAdapter1.Fill(ds1);

Any suggestion/idea why this header keyword not being accepted by the query?

Eser

[edit]code blocks added[/edit]

Posted 11-Nov-12 4:04am

Eser Atesoglu

Updated 11-Nov-12 4:36am

Nelek

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MT_ · Answer 1 · 2012-11-11T19:07:00

Hi,

I suspected that Domain is reserved word. Hence I searched on google a bit and found that it is indeed a reserved word.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321266[^]

So what you need to do is use square bracket around as shown below.

OleDbCommand objCmdSelect = new OleDbCommand("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM [Sheet1$A1:F1228] WHERE [Domain] = 'Finance' AND Discipline = 'Taxation'", objConn);

Note the square bracket around word domain.

This should solve the problem.

Hope this helps, If it does, mark the answer and/or upvote.
Milind

Eser Atesoglu · Answer 2 · 2012-11-12T16:11:00

Solution 2

Thanks Milind. Your solution solved the issue.

Posted 12-Nov-12 16:11pm

Eser Atesoglu

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MT_ 13-Nov-12 4:21am

Your welcome. Glad it helped. Please mark the solution as answer/upvote.