The Procedures schema collection describes the available stored procedures.

Retrieving the Stored Procedure Listing

To retrieve the Procedures schema collection, call the GetSchema method of the ExcelConnection class. Access the metadata in the DataTable object returned.

The following example outputs a list of stored procedure names:

C#

String connectionString = "URI=C:\MyExcelWorkbooks\SampleWorkbook.xlsx;";

using (ExcelConnection conn = new ExcelConnection(connectionString)) {
  conn.Open();
  DataTable table = conn.GetSchema("Procedures");
  foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
   Console.WriteLine(row["SPECIFIC_NAME"]);
}

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As String = "URI=C:\MyExcelWorkbooks\SampleWorkbook.xlsx;"

Using conn As New ExcelConnection(connectionString)
  conn.Open()
  Dim table As DataTable = conn.GetSchema("Procedures")
  For Each row As DataRow in table.Rows
    Console.WriteLine(row("SPECIFIC_NAME"))
  Next
End Using

Columns Returned

The Procedures schema collection contains the following columns: