ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Excel

Build 23.0.8839

Views

You can retrieve the listing of views from the Views schema collection.

Retrieving the View Listing

To retrieve the Views schema collection, call the GetSchema method of the ExcelConnection class, as shown in the following examples.

C#

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

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

VB.NET

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

Using conn As New ExcelConnection(connectionString)
  conn.Open()
  Dim databaseSchema As DataTable = conn.GetSchema("Views")
  For Each row As DataRow In databaseSchema.Rows
    Console.WriteLine(row("TABLE_NAME"))
  Next
End Using

Columns Returned

The Views schema collection returns the following columns:

Column NameData TypeDescription
TABLE_CATALOGSystem.StringThe database that contains the view.
TABLE_SCHEMASystem.StringThe schema that contains the view.
TABLE_NAMESystem.StringThe view name.
CHECK_OPTIONSystem.StringWhether the view was created using WITH CHECK OPTION.
IS_UPDATEABLESystem.StringWhether the view is updateable.

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