SQL Server

XLSX Get Sheet Names

Open an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) and get the names of the sheets. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- .xlsx files are Zip archives
    DECLARE @zip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Zip', @zip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'OpenZip', @success OUT, 'qa_data/excel/fakeCompanies.xlsx'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @csv int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Csv', @csv OUT

    DECLARE @sheetNames int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringTable', @sheetNames OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @csv, 'XlsxGetSheets', @success OUT, @zip, @sheetNames
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @csv, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @csv
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sheetNames
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sheetNames, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    WHILE @i < @iTmp0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sheetNames, 'StringAt', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        PRINT @sTmp0
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @csv
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sheetNames


END
GO