Mircea,


JetSQL doesnt allow to read the table names,
you can use ADOX or ADODB.OpenSchema(adSchemaTables)
BUT you'll get a mix of named ranges and
no way to get the sheets by their index...

So:
I've written following function a while back..

topic: Reading Sheet Names/Index from closed file using Biff8.
date : Nov 4,2004

hth :)


Function ReadSheets(sFileName As String, _
Optional bWorksheetsOnly As Boolean = True) As Collection
'Returns a collection of the sheets in a workbook
..
'Note: DialogSheets are returned as Worksheets!

'keepITcool 4 Nov 2004, excel.programming


Dim lHnd&, lLen&, lPos&, iPos&, iErr%, bTyp As Byte, sTxt$, iIdx&
Dim aByt() As Byte, cRes As Collection


Const IDbof = &H809
Const IDbiff8 = &H10
Const IDboundsheet = &H85
Const BuffSize = &H400


If Dir(sFileName) = vbNullString Then iErr = 1: GoTo theExit


ReDim aByt(0 To BuffSize)
lLen = FileLen(sFileName)
lHnd = FreeFile


Open sFileName For Binary Access Read As #lHnd Len = BuffSize


'Is it OLE structured?
If Input(6, #lHnd) < "ÐÏࡱ" Then iErr = 2: GoTo theExit


'Is it Biff8?
Do
lPos = lPos + BuffSize - 1
Get #lHnd, lPos, aByt
iPos = InStrB(aByt, ChrW$(IDbof) & ChrW$(IDbiff8))
Loop While iPos = 0 And lPos < lLen
If iPos = 0 Then iErr = 3: GoTo theExit


'Find the BoundSheets...
lPos = 0: iPos = 0
Do
lPos = lPos + BuffSize - 1
Get #lHnd, lPos, aByt
iPos = InStrB(aByt, ChrW$(IDboundsheet))
Loop While iPos = 0 And lPos < lLen
If iPos = 0 Then iErr = 4: GoTo theExit


Set cRes = New Collection
Do
lPos = lPos + iPos - 1
Get #lHnd, lPos, aByt
bTyp = aByt(9) 'types: 0WKS/1MACRO/2CHART
Debug.Assert aByt(11) = 0
sTxt = Mid(StrConv(aByt, vbUnicode), 12 + 1, aByt(10))
If bWorksheetsOnly Imp bTyp = 0 Then
iIdx = iIdx + 1
'Add an array index/name/type
cRes.Add Array(iIdx, sTxt, bTyp), sTxt
End If



If aByt(aByt(2) + 4) < IDboundsheet Then
iPos = 0
Else
iPos = InStrB(4, aByt


, ChrW$(IDboundsheet))
End If
Loop While iPos 0

theExit:
If lHnd Then Close #lHnd
Set ReadSheets = cRes
If iErr Then
Select Case iErr
Case 1: sTxt = "File not found."
Case 2: sTxt = "Unrecognised file format."
Case 3: sTxt = "Nof a Biff8 file format. Older Excel version?"
Case Else: sTxt = "Error analysing file."
End Select
On Error Resume Next
'let Err indicate what went wrong
Err.Raise vbObjectError + iErr, , sTxt
End If


End Function






--
keepITcool
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Mircea Pleteriu wrote :

Hi,

I use the OleDb objects to connect to an excel file and retrieve data
from a specified worsheet.

What SELECT statement should I use (if there is an existing one) to
retrieve the names of the worksheets in the file?

Thanks,
Mircea