Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Stephen Russell

Posted: 2014-11-13 at 14:59:35

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@dcsoftware.com> wrote:

> lnsqlhandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT("Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls,

> *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)}; DBQ=" + lcspreadsheet + ";")

>

> I use the above string to connect to Excel files. It normally does fine

> with xls and xlsx. Today I have a customer that has Office 2010 installed

> and it does not work. It returns a -1 which doesn't tell me much.

>

> Do I need to change the connection string for 2010?

> ---------------

This is the only place to go to get the answer.

http://www.connectionstrings.com/excel-2010/

--

Stephen Russell

Sr. Analyst

Ring Container Technology

Oakland TN

901.246-0159 cell

--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---

multipart/alternative

text/plain (text body -- kept)

text/html

---

_______________________________________________

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/CAJidMY+aL-eRNi4Ea=g81CHXWx7orWiaB26q6OT8Qg8nk1Wzmw@mail.gmail.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.

©2014 Stephen Russell