OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "Excel Files (*.xls)|*.xls|All files (*.*)|*.*"; dialog.InitialDirectory = @"c:\"; dialog.Title = "Select an SQA file"; DialogResult Result = dialog.ShowDialog(); if(Result == DialogResult.OK) { string FileName = dialog.FileName; DataAccess da = new DataAccess(); da.ProviderInvariantName = "System.Data.OleDb"; da.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + FileName + ";" + "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;"; DataSet ds = da.ExecuteQuery("select * from [New Quote$]", CommandType.Text); }At this point, some columns in the DS are empty.