Conn string for java with Ms-Excel:

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); String myDB = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DBQ=c:/java/scratch/jdbc_test.xls;" + "DriverID=22;READONLY=false"; Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(myDB, "", "");

Another method for connect db:

create DSN for Microsoft Excel(.xsl) in controlpanel/administrativetools/datasources after that write normal code for driver class and getting connection Object.

Example pgms: 1)
import java.util.*; import java.sql.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; public class Connect extends HttpServlet { public void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); Connection con=null; Statement st=null; PreparedStatement pst=null; ResultSet rs; try { Class.forName ("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); con=DriverManager.getConnection

("jdbc:odbc:Std","",""); st=con.createStatement(); rs=st.executeQuery("select * from [ExcelSheetName$]"); while(rs.next()) { out.println(rs.getString (1)); out.println(rs.getString (2)); out.println(rs.getString (3)); } } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("Errr :"+e); } } }

2)
import java.util.*; import java.sql.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; public class Connect extends HttpServlet { public void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); Connection con=null; Statement st=null; PreparedStatement pst=null; ResultSet rs; try { Class.forName

("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); con=DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:odbc:Std","",""); st=con.createStatement(); rs=st.executeQuery("select * from [ExcelSheetName$]"); while(rs.next()) { out.println(rs.getString (1)); out.println(rs.getString (2)); out.println(rs.getString (3)); } } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("Errr :"+e); } } }

3)
import import import import java.io.*; java.net.*; java.sql.*; java.util.*;

public class EmployeeReader1 { public static void main(String[] args) { Connection connection = null; try { Class.forName ("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); Connection con = DriverManager .getConnection ("jdbc:odbc:friends_exl"); Statement st = con.createStatement (); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery

("Select * from [Sheet1$]"); ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData(); int numberOfColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount(); System.out.println("No of cols " + numberOfColumns); while (rs.next()) { for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfColumns; i++) { if (i > 1) System.out.print(", "); String columnValue = rs.getString(i); System.out.print (columnValue); } System.out.println(""); } rs.close(); st.close(); } catch (Exception ex) { System.err.print("Exception: "); System.err.println(ex.getMessage()); } } }

4)
import import import import java.io.*; java.net.*; java.sql.*; java.util.*;

public class EmployeeReader1 { public static void main(String[] args) { Connection connection = null;

try { Class.forName ("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:gowtham"); Statement st = con.createStatement (); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery ("select * from [Sheet1$]"); while(rs.next()) { System.out.println ("USER ID:"+rs.getString("ID")); } rs.close(); st.close(); } catch (Exception ex) { System.err.print("Exception: "); System.err.println(ex.getMessage()); } } } Step 1: goto control panel and select the Administrative Tools and click the odbc driver. Step 2: Then click the add button and select the microsoft excel driver (".xls") Step 3: then give the dsn name. (gowtham). Step 4: then click the select workbook button and choose the excel file then it work well.