In-Depth String.Together Snazzy String Routines String handling is one of the most basic -- and important -- capabilities that all developers must deal with. Learn how to take maximum advantage of the ...

String.Format("{0}", cust) Essentially, this means that you need to pick one format to be your "default" format and use that for the G format and null/nothing. This example extends my code to use ...

Interestingly, this connection string WILL successfully open an XLS file, which is just confounding to me, as from what I can tell an XLS file should use "Excel 8.0" to be successful.