Connecting to Microsoft Excel

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Microsoft Excel and configure any necessary connection properties in a JDBC URL. You can also configure driver capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting to JDBC Data Sources

The CData JDBC Driver for Microsoft Excel provides full support for integration into Java applications, including Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, and many other Integrated Development Environments, as well as J2EE applications running on a Java server such as Tomcat. You can find JSP, console, and swing demos in the installation folder.

Java Version Support

To deploy the driver JAR file, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or higher installed on your system.

Microsoft Excel Version Support

The CData JDBC Driver for Microsoft Excel supports the Office Open XML spreadsheets used by Microsoft Excel 2007 and later.

Microsoft Excel File Extension Support

The CData JDBC Driver for Microsoft Excel currently supports .xlsx and .xlsm files. However, only read operations are supported for .xlsm files. Modifying data operations may cause loss of or damage to macros.

See Also

• Create Connection Objects

  See Connecting from Code to create JDBC Connection objects.

• Query Data from Code

  See Executing Statements and Using Prepared Statements to execute SQL statements to Microsoft Excel tables.

• Connect from Java-Based Tools

  See Using from Tools shows how to connect to Microsoft Excel and query data from several popular database tools.