Microsoft Excel ODBC Driver

This ODBC Driver is provided by Microsoft.

Include "Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)}" in the connection string to use this driver.

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Connection Strings

The Microsoft Excel ODBC Driver driver can be used to connect to the following data sources by using the following connection string references:

ExcelExcel 97Excel 2000Excel 2002Excel 2003

Providers

CData ADO.NET Provider for Excel Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0 .NET xlReader for Microsoft Excel .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC Microsoft ACE OLEDB 12.0 Microsoft Excel 2007 ODBC Driver

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