{"id":11934,"date":"2024-03-14T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-extract-data-from-excel-using-vb\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:05:46","slug":"how-to-extract-data-from-excel-using-vb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-extract-data-from-excel-using-vb\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Data Extraction with VB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One common method in VB for extracting Excel data is by using ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) to connect to an Excel workbook and execute SQL queries. Below is an example code showcasing how to extract data from an Excel workbook.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Sub<\/span> ExtractDataFromExcel()\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> conn <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">Object<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> rs <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">Object<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> strConn <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> strSQL <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> i <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">Integer<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u521b\u5efaADO\u8fde\u63a5<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Set<\/span> conn = CreateObject(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ADODB.Connection\"<\/span>)\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Set<\/span> rs = CreateObject(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ADODB.Recordset\"<\/span>)\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u8fde\u63a5\u5230Excel\u5de5\u4f5c\u7c3f<\/span>\r\n    strConn = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\\path\\to\\your\\excel\\file.xlsx;Extended Properties=\"\"Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;IMEX=1;\"\";\"<\/span>\r\n    conn.Open strConn\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u6267\u884cSQL\u67e5\u8be2<\/span>\r\n    strSQL = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]\"<\/span>\r\n    rs.Open strSQL, conn\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u63d0\u53d6\u6570\u636e\u5e76\u8f93\u51fa\u5230Immediate\u7a97\u53e3<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Do<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">While<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Not<\/span> rs.EOF\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">For<\/span> i = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">To<\/span> rs.Fields.Count - <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>\r\n            Debug.Print rs.Fields(i).Value\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Next<\/span> i\r\n        rs.MoveNext\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Loop<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u5173\u95ed\u8fde\u63a5<\/span>\r\n    rs.Close\r\n    conn.Close\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u91ca\u653e\u5bf9\u8c61<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Set<\/span> rs = <span class=\"hljs-literal\">Nothing<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Set<\/span> conn = <span class=\"hljs-literal\">Nothing<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">End<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Sub<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, we begin by creating an ADO connection object and a recordset object. 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