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Can't read file after 8th row EXCEL OLE DB

I can't read this excel file of mine after the 8th row. I am using a OLEDB connection to access it from a c# script task inside a SSIS package :
strCoExcel = "Provider = Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Mode=Read;Data Source =" + Path.Combine((string)Dts.Variables["PathINPUT"].Value, Dts.Variables["FileNameForEach"].Value.ToString()) + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=NO;ImportMixedTypes=Text;TypeGuessRows=0;IMEX=1;\"";
//Gathering data from the renamed sheet
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("Select * from [DataTQT$]", coExcel);
DataTable data = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(data);
What is wrong:
Some excel files are opened and everything is fine but others do not produce any rows or only 8.
I tried the following:
-HDR no/yes
-IMEX =1 doesnt change anything
-nor do ImportMixedTypes=Text;TypeGuessRows=0
-setting all the cell from the excel file to standard or text field
any help ?

OK so the final answer for me was not in this piece of code as suspected by others.
This data goes into a SQL database and the columns were not big enough for the data i wanted to insert. I modified the table and now everything works fine.

Query an Excel spreadsheet

I have a project where I need to query an Excel spreadsheet. Basically I need to read a two column Excel spreadsheet into a dictionary table. I have a database of error codes and descriptions for each code. The project requires Excel (Excel 2007 compatible .xlsx) because the user wants to add new Key/Description pairs by editing an Excel spread sheet.
The idea is that I am going to get a list of error codes and I simply want to be able to display a table in a worksheet with error code and the associated description from the Excel spreadsheet, or no description found.
I figure if I can get the table (which is not very long) into a dictionary table the rest would straight forward but I cannot even find a starting point using the current version C# and 4.5.2 .NET API. I just need to open the worksheet and read the two column table into a dictionary table and I am off to the races.
Can someone please get me started in the right direction please?

You can probably use OleDbConnection to get the data from Excel.
OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;data source="
+ xlsx file with path
+ ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;");
StringBuilder stbQuery = new StringBuilder();
stbQuery.Append("SELECT * FROM [" + SHEETNAME_HERE + "$A1:B65]");
OleDbDataAdapter adp = new OleDbDataAdapter(stbQuery.ToString(), con);
DataSet dsXLS = new DataSet();
adp.Fill(dsXLS);
Once you have the data filled up, you can fetch the data in dictionary or any other object of List Enumerable.

When I try read Excel with OLE DB all values are empty

I have done a little program to parser excel. It works fine only when before to execute it I open Excel file manually (is not it strange?). I.e. first I open excel file, second I execute program and I get good results
If I don't open excel before to execute it I get empty values
My connection string (excel file has extension .XLSX):
connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" +
"Data Source=" + path + "\\" + f.Name + ";" +
"Extended Properties='Excel 12.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1'";
My code to open connection with oleDB:
using (OleDbConnection cnn = new OleDbConnection(connectionString))
{
cnn.Open();
...
String sql = "SELECT * FROM [" + sheetNames[i] + "]";
OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(sql, cnn);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
da.Fill(dt); // Now 'dt' should has all data
}
Also, I have installed AccessDatabaseEngine.exe and AccessRuntime.exe
Obviously, my purpose is run the program without having to manually open the file. Any suggestion?
Thanks for your time.

I found it a real pain when I tried to get OleDb and Excel to play nicely together. Fortunately, I found a much better approach: EPPlus
EPPlus is a .net library that reads and writes Excel 2007/2010 files using the Open Office Xml format (xlsx).
Open source, feature rich and easy to use. If at all possible, use it instead of OleDb.

C# read open Excel file through OleDb

I need to connect to an open Excel 2003 file using .NET 3.5
It seems the OleDb connection which I am trying to use wants the file exclusively. But I need to have this file open in Excel in the same time.
Is non-locking reading possible?
EDIT: I resolved this by copying file before opening it.

the question seems have no answer. and I cant delete it....
my solution was - run macro on timer to save the excel file in question and C# app was copying the file to another one and reading it using OleDb.

This seems like a similar problem:
Writing into excel file with OLEDB
Does that work out for you?

What parameters are you passing in when you open the Excel document? Could you set the "ReadOnly" parameter in Workbook.Open() to true? See here.

Refer to the code below how to get the information of Excel data into an array. Then you will perform any validations on that Excel sheet.
var fileName = #"D:\Pavan\WorkDiployed.xlsx";
var connectionString = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; data source={0}; Extended Properties=Excel 12.0;", fileName);
OleDbConnection con = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(connectionString);
OleDbDataAdapter cmd = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [Sheet1$]", con);
con.Open();
System.Data.DataSet excelDataSet = new DataSet();
cmd.Fill(excelDataSet);
DataTable data = excelDataSet.Tables[0];
DataRow[] arrdata = data.Select();
foreach (DataRow rw in arrdata)
{
object[] cval = rw.ItemArray;
}
con.Close();
MessageBox.Show (excelDataSet.Tables[0].ToString ());

C# 3.5 Reading Excel files

I have a strange behavior when i try to read an XML worksheet using this code :
string CONNEC_STRING = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;HDR=No;IMEX=2;\"";
string fullFilePath = #"C:\Tmp\TestFile.xls";
using (OleDbConnection objCon = new OleDbConnection(string.Format(CONNEC_STRING, fullFilePath)))
{
using (OleDbCommand cm = new OleDbCommand("Select * From [MYCELLSRANGE]", objCon))
using (OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(cm))
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
objCon.Open();
da.Fill(dt);
objCon.Close();
}
}
If the Excel file is closed, I receive the error 'External table is not in the expected format.'
When I open the file, if I execute the above code, it works fine and I can read data contained in MYCELLSRANGE.
So, has anyone any idea about this problem ?
Thanks for answers.

I believe its because the Jet Engine uses the Excel app to interpret the file. I ran into this issue once myself. When you use the Excel.dll reference and you interpret the Excel file from that you have to create a new Application instance to read the file. Jet just does this very thing to get the data. I suggest using that code instead.
C# Corner example of how to Import Excel to a ListView
C# Corner example of how to Create an Excel Worksheet in C#
MSDN users discussing the same topic
If you would like further assistance, let me know. I have successfully done this in VB.NET in various applications of mine.