Import Data from Excel to SQL Server using ASP.Net
Many times we need to import data from excel sheet to Sql Server data base in our web application. So Here I am going to show you the step by step process to import data from Excel to SQL Server. In this article you will get the code for uploading the excel file into server and then import data from that file into SQL Server. How to import Data from Excel to SQL Server using ASP.Net?
How to Import Data from Excel to SQL Server using ASP.Net?
Here I am going to show you the step by step process to import data from Excel to SQL Server. To do so follow the below steps :Step 1 :
Create a sample table:
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Product_Master](
[Product_Code] [varchar](20) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[Product_Name] [varchar](100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[Price] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GOStep 2 :
Create New Web site with new webpage named as Default.aspx (Following is the code contained in the Default.aspx page).
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Import Excel Data To SQL Server</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label ID="lblHeading" runat="server" Text="Select File To Upload : "></asp:Label>
<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" />
<br />
<br />
<asp:Button ID="btnUpload" runat="server" Text="Upload"
onclick="btnUpload_Click" />
<asp:Button ID="btnSaveToDB" runat="server" Text="Save To DB"
onclick="btnSaveToDB_Click" />
<br /><br />
<asp:Label ID="lblerror" runat="server" ForeColor ="Red" Text=""></asp:Label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>Step 3 :
Here is the C# code of the Default.aspx.cs file:
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.IO;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnUpload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (FileUpload1.HasFile)
{
var uploadFile = new UploadFile(FileUpload1.FileName);
try
{
FileUpload1.SaveAs(uploadFile.SavePath);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblerror.Text = "error : "+ex.Message;
}
}
}
protected void btnSaveToDB_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ImportDataIntoDB idid = new ImportDataIntoDB();
string count = idid.saveDataToDB();
if (Convert.ToInt16(count) < 0)
{
lblerror.Text = "Error Occurred...";
}
UploadFile upFile = new UploadFile();
upFile.DeleteFileNoException();
}
}
In this i call the UploadFile class which is created in a separate class file. This class is used to store uploaded file and also used to generate OleDb connection string as per file selected. Here is the code of UploadFile Class :
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.IO;
///
/// Summary description for UploadFile
///
public class UploadFile
{
private string savePath;
public UploadFile()
{
}
public UploadFile(string originalFileName)
{
string tempFileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + "_" + originalFileName;
string saveLocation = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FileUploadLocation"]);
savePath = Path.Combine(saveLocation, tempFileName);
HttpContext.Current.Session["savePath"] = savePath;
}
///
/// Temp path used to save the uploaded file
///
public string SavePath
{
get
{
return savePath;
}
}
///
/// Attempt to delete temp file
///
public void DeleteFileNoException()
{
savePath = HttpContext.Current.Session["savePath"].ToString();
if (File.Exists(savePath))
{
try
{
File.Delete(savePath);
}
catch { }
}
}
///
/// Return connection strinng based on file extension
///
public string GetOleDbConnectionString()
{
savePath = HttpContext.Current.Session["savePath"].ToString();
var finfo = new FileInfo(savePath);
if (!finfo.Exists)
{
throw new FileNotFoundException(savePath);
}
var fileExtension = finfo.Extension.ToLower();
switch (fileExtension)
{
case ".xls":
return string.Format(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["xlsOleDBConnection"], savePath);
case ".xlsx":
return string.Format(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["xlsxOleDBConnection"], savePath);
default:
throw new NotSupportedException(String.Format("This file type {0} is not supported!", fileExtension));
}
}
}
Now next step is read that file and save the data into sql server.
Here is the method which reads the data from excel and save it into sql server database :
public string saveDataToDB()
{
int j = 0;
string strQuery = "SELECT ProductCode,ProductName,ItemCaptionJP,ItemTextJP,IngredientsJP,CountryOfOrigin,HowToStore FROM [Sheet1$]";
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
OleDbCommand ocmd = new OleDbCommand(strQuery, oleconn);
//OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(strQuery, oleconn);
oleconn.Open();
OleDbDataReader odr = ocmd.ExecuteReader();
int i = 0;
if (odr.HasRows)
{
while (odr.Read())
{
if (i == 0)
sb.Append("UPDATE Product_Master set [itemCaption_jp]=N'" + odr["ItemCaptionJP"] + "',[itemText_jp]=N'" + odr["ItemTextJP"].ToString() + "',[ingredients_jp]=N'" + odr["IngredientsJP"].ToString() + "',[countryoforigin_jp]=N'" + odr["CountryOfOrigin"].ToString() + "',[howtostore_jp]=N'" + odr["HowToStore"].ToString() + "' where [alternate_code]='" + odr["ProductCode"].ToString() + "' and Product_Name='" + odr["ProductName"].ToString() + "'");
else
sb.Append(";UPDATE Product_Master set [itemCaption_jp]=N'" + odr["ItemCaptionJP"] + "',[itemText_jp]=N'" + odr["ItemTextJP"].ToString() + "',[ingredients_jp]=N'" + odr["IngredientsJP"].ToString() + "',[countryoforigin_jp]=N'" + odr["CountryOfOrigin"].ToString() + "',[howtostore_jp]=N'" + odr["HowToStore"].ToString() + "' where [alternate_code]='" + odr["ProductCode"].ToString() + "' and Product_Name='" + odr["ProductName"].ToString() + "'");
i++;
}
j = UpdatedCommand(sb.ToString());
}
return j.ToString();
}
#region update,delete,insert data in Database
public int UpdatedCommand(string strupdatequery)
{
int intreturn = 0;
ClientScriptManager cs = Page.ClientScript;
Type ty = this.GetType();
try
{
SqlCommand cmdupdatecommand = new SqlCommand();
transsql = null;
if (sqlconn.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
{
sqlconn.Close();
}
sqlconn.Open();
transsql = sqlconn.BeginTransaction();
cmdupdatecommand.CommandTimeout = 0;
cmdupdatecommand.CommandText = strupdatequery;
cmdupdatecommand.Connection = sqlconn;
cmdupdatecommand.Transaction = transsql;
intreturn = cmdupdatecommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
transsql.Commit();
if (sqlconn.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
{
sqlconn.Close();
}
return intreturn;
}
catch (SqlException oleex)
{
transsql.Rollback();
strupdatequery = oleex.Message;
strerorrmsg1 = "Error In UpdatedCommand method " + oleex.Message.ToString();
strerorrmsg2 = strerorrmsg1.Replace("'", "");
string msg = "alert('" + strerorrmsg2 + "');";
cs.RegisterStartupScript(ty, strerorrmsg1, msg, true);
return -3;
}
catch (System.Exception exp)
{
transsql.Rollback();
strupdatequery = exp.Message;
strerorrmsg1 = "Error In UpdatedCommand method " + exp.Message.ToString();
strerorrmsg2 = strerorrmsg1.Replace("'", "");
string msg = "alert('" + strerorrmsg2 + "');";
cs.RegisterStartupScript(ty, strerorrmsg1, msg, true);
return -3;
}
finally
{
if (sqlconn.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
{
sqlconn.Close();
}
}
}
#endregion
Reference: http://dotnetsquare.com/resources/44-import-data-from-excel-to-sql-server-using-Asp-Net
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Thank you very much Manoranjan Sahoo.
I need little more assistance from you.
Can you tell whether above code will work for Oracle 10g database also ? If no then what changed we need to make to meet the requirement.
If you have any code or application for Oracle database importing Please send it to me on toanees@gmail.com .
Thank in Advance for your Time.
Regards
Arif