On Sat, May 10, 2014, at 03:09 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > Anyone ever try to use excel as a datasource instead? > > http://www.connectionstrings.com/excel/ > >
Yes, this is the method I use for reading from XLSX/XLS and IMO it's the best. It allows you to connect to the workbook and treat it like a mini-database, which has its own SQL query language. I posted some sample code on the list a while back, IIRC. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1399749419.16565.115901857.11dc4...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.