I can't seem to read a .csv file using the following connection string:
var fileName = string.Format("{0}{1}", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "Uploads\\countrylist.csv"); string connectionString = string.Format(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source={0}; Extended Properties=""text;HDR=YES;FMT=Delimited""", fileName); OleDbConnection oledbConn = new OleDbConnection(connectionString); oledbConn.Open();
It gives the following error:
'D:\arrgh\arrgh\Uploads\countrylist.csv' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.
I verified that the file is there. What is happening here?
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Ok, I dug a little further and it seems that my connection string is wrong. With CSV files, you don't specify the actual file name but the directory where it belongs, eg.
var fileName = string.Format("{0}{1}", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "Uploads\\"); string connectionString = string.Format(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source={0}; Extended Properties=""text;HDR=YES;FMT=Delimited""", fileName); OleDbConnection oledbConn = new OleDbConnection(connectionString); oledbConn.Open(); var cmd = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM [countrylist.csv]", oledbConn);
And you specify the filename in the SelectCommand. What a strange way of doing it. It's working for me now.
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