Whenever I try to read an excel sheet using ado.net, I keep getting this error
"Could not find installable ISAM. "
I tried what microsoft had to say on this link
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;209805 but the problem still

I am accessing my database server through stored procedure using Microsoft
Data Access Application Block.
The first time a client connect IIS it creates two connections.
Then, it creates a connection for every new client.

I have just started working with ADO.NET and VB.NET and have a
question.
I have three DataTables with DataRelations set up between them.
The first table contains a column called PercentWeight.

I'm trying to catch errors and when running in VS.net 2003 my try catch
doesn't seam to catch the error?
this error comes up: why does this not catch it?
              Catch ex As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException

I have a Progress Bar in my program and I also wrote some code that will
show the Percent completed.  I know that the percent complete is actually
being calculated but when i run the program it does not show up. Instead
when the process is complete it just shows the 100%.  Is ...

I want to make a Product post web application ,
and should I store the product image into database or save to a directory ?
which is better ?
and what about this in www.amazon.com  ?

I am trying to handle exceptions in my code. Here the the code i have
Code:
Dim XLFileConn As New OleDbConnection 'New OleDbConnection object
       XLFileConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data

Hi, is there a data provider for OleDB datasources for the new Patterns &
Practices Enterprise Library. Does anyone know anywhere where we can find or
buy one please?
Thanks

How to set the RowFilter property of a DataViewManager (dvm)
without to bind every time the dvm to control?
If I bind to a DataGrid (G)
G.DataSource = dvm;

Is it possible to access an ACCESS DB with password protected?
I have the user/password information of an access db, how can I access it by
System.Data.OleDb ?
Another question is, is it possible to compact a access db by a

i have storedprocedure who takes one input/output parameter
the sp also return 2 tables.
i m using sqldataadapter.
and read the contents of sp in dataset

I know that you can execute a SQL stored procedure in the Command object but
can you do the same for a query sored in an MS Access database?
Regards
Nick

I had large database about 2GB size and consist of 1 million+ records.
I use ADO.Net 1.1 in ASP.Net 1.1 for connection pooling this database and it
always prompt "Stack Memory Error".
The information request is about 2MB if I running at SQL Query Analyzer.

I have a readonly datagrid bound to a relation and a button with the code
below in the click event:
Dim bm As BindingManagerBase =
Me.DataGrid1.BindingContext(Me.DataGrid1.DataSource, Me.DataGrid1.DataMember)

   I have an ArrayList containing approximately 20,000 database INSERT
command objects. Each of these commands needs to be executed. The commands
do not need to be executed in any particular order, nor do they need to be
part of a transaction.