Could not find installable ISAM.

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OleDbConnectionStringBuilder sb = new OleDbConnectionStringBuilder();
sb.DataSource = sfd.FileName;//save file dialog filename is the datasource
sb.Provider = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;";
sb.Add("Jet OLEDB:Database Password", "123456");
sb.PersistSecurityInfo = false;

bookConn = new OleDbConnection(sb.Provider + "@Data Source=" + sb.DataSource + ";" );
bookConn.Open();
oleDbCmd.Connection = bookConn;

I get an error Saying "could not find installable ISAM " at bookConn.Open

please help me

Posted 8-Jan-13 9:38am

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Richard C Bishop 8-Jan-13 15:43pm

I don't think you need the "@" in front of the Data Source and you might try adding Extended Properties such as: bookConn = new OleDbConnection(sb.Provider + "Data Source=" + sb.DataSource + ";" + "Extended Properties= "Excel 8.0;");

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Jibesh · Answer 1 · 2013-01-08T10:28:00

The reason for this exception is because an error with connection string you prepare.

modify your connection string preparation like this

OleDbConnectionStringBuilder sb =  OleDbConnectionStringBuilder ();
sb.Add("Provider", "Microsoft.Jet.Oledb.4.0");
sb.Add("Jet OLEDB:Database Password", "*******");
sb.Add("Jet OLEDB:System Database",sfd.FileName);
bookConn = new OleDbConnection(sb.ConnectionString);

You can also refer here[^] to know more about connection string preparations. &
building-better-connectionstrings-with-connectionstringbuilder/[^]