hi,

i am using microsoft jet engine to process an excel file and then uploading
it to the server

but i am getting the following error whent the application tries to open the
connection:

"

"External table is not in the expected format"



the code for this is mentioned below:



Dim strConn As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" +
postedfile + ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1"""

Dim conn As OleDbConnection

conn = New OleDbConnection(strConn)

conn.Open() '--------------------------here i am getting exception

dtSchema = conn.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, Nothing)

If dtSchema.Rows.Count 0 Then

strSQl = String.Format("SELECT * FROM [{0}$]",
dtSchema.Rows(0)("TABLE_NAME").ToString.Replace("' ", "").Replace("$", ""))

End If



Please help