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2014-11-13 14:48 – Jeff Johnson : Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-13 14:52 – Fred Taylor : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-13 14:54 – Michael Glassman : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-13 14:59 – Stephen Russell : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-13 15:01 – Jeff Johnson : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-14 03:59 – Alan Bourke : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-14 06:25 – Jeff Johnson : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-14 08:53 – Dennis Schuette : RE: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-14 12:11 – Jeff Johnson : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
2014-11-14 12:31 – Fred Taylor : Re: Excel Driver Not Working
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Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Jeff Johnson

Posted: 2014-11-13 14:48:17   Link

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?

--

Jeff

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Fred Taylor

Posted: 2014-11-13 14:52:55   Link

Use AERROR() to see what the error is.

Fred

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 1:48 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?

>

>

> --

> Jeff

>

> Jeff Johnson

> jeff@dcsoftware.com

> (623) 582-0323

>

> Please reply to jeff@san-dc.com!

>

> Visit our forum at www.san-dc.com/forum

> Register and join in the discussion

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Michael Glassman

Posted: 2014-11-13 14:54:59   Link

Wow, you're just having all sorts of problems today. So sorry.

Mike

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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?

--

Jeff

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Stephen Russell

Posted: 2014-11-13 14:59:35   Link

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/

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Jeff Johnson

Posted: 2014-11-13 15:01:55   Link

Yep, same customer. Most of their spreadsheets are .xlr which are Works

files. It's a little tiny business back east and their IT department

has their system locked down tighter than a drum. I don't have any

problem with that as long as the IT folks will work with me. Which

these are.

I thought I finally had this xlsx problem nailed down until today.

Thank goodness for Profox!

On 11/13/2014 1:54 PM, Michael Glassman wrote:

> Wow, you're just having all sorts of problems today. So sorry.

>

> Mike

>

>

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

>

>

>

> From: Jeff Johnson

> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:48 PM

> To: profoxtech@leafe.com

> Subject: Excel Driver Not Working

>

>

> 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?

>

>

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Jeff

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Alan Bourke

Posted: 2014-11-14 03:59:01   Link

I use that driver the whole time for various projects and it works fine

for both Excel 2010 and Excel 2013.

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Jeff Johnson

Posted: 2014-11-14 06:25:19   Link

Alan, which one?

Thanks,

On 11/14/2014 2:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:

> I use that driver the whole time for various projects and it works fine

> for both Excel 2010 and Excel 2013.

>

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RE: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Dennis Schuette

Posted: 2014-11-14 08:53:25   Link

I've had that problem when there are more than 255 columns with data - even if blank, causing [select * from someworkbook] to fail.

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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?

--

Jeff

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Jeff Johnson

Posted: 2014-11-14 12:11:26   Link

So are most of you saying the below parameters should work with 2010?

What about 2013?

On 11/13/2014 1:48 PM, Jeff Johnson 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?

>

>

--

Jeff

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Re: Excel Driver Not Working

Author: Fred Taylor

Posted: 2014-11-14 12:31:18   Link

When you get the -1 error, use AERROR() to get the full error information

to tell you what's wrong.

Fred

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:

> So are most of you saying the below parameters should work with 2010?

> What about 2013?

>

>

> On 11/13/2014 1:48 PM, Jeff Johnson 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?

>>

>>

>>

> --

> Jeff

>

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>

>

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