Import excel file into datagridview

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I have one excel file that first coloum have numeric and text data, when i am importing that data into datagridview, it would shows only numeric data and all text data rows is destroyed.

kindly send me a code for it.

C#

string connectionString = String.Format(@"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=1;""", filepath.Text);
string query = "select * from ["+cmbsheet.Text.Trim()+"$]";
OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, connectionString);
DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
dataAdapter.Fill(dataSet);
dataGridView1.DataSource = dataSet.Tables[0];

Excel File Data Are as under :

Coloum 1
1st row 1250
2nd row 1530
3rd row raj1122123

Posted 22-Jul-12 1:55am

easysoftweb

Updated 22-Jul-12 2:14am

Wes Aday

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woutercx · Answer 1 · 2012-07-22T02:00:00

I think your problem is answered here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/winformsdatacontrols/thread/20ABA57B-0111-4086-812A-DFE9792A96C4[^]

It says
"Change the cell format to Text in the excel file would fix this problem, if you stick to the General type or Numeric type of the cell, you have to read the excel file content into the DataTable manually."