Keyword not supported: 'd:\website1\example.xls;extended pr

Question

i am exporting excel to the database for that i written the code has follows; using System; using System.Collections; using System.Configuration; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.IO; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } protected void insertdata_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SqlConnection oconn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.; Initial catalog=master;" + Server.MapPath("Example.xls") + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0"); try { SqlCommand ocmd = new SqlCommand("select * from Example", oconn); oconn.Open(); //Here [Sheet1$] is the name of the sheet SqlDataReader odr = ocmd.ExecuteReader(); string fname = ""; string lname = ""; string city = ""; while (odr.Read()) { fname = valid(odr, 0);//Here we are calling the valid method lname = valid(odr, 1); city = valid(odr, 3); insertdataintosql(fname, lname, city); } oconn.Close(); } catch (DataException ee) { lblmsg.Text = ee.Message; lblmsg.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; } finally { lblmsg.Text = "Data Inserted Sucessfully"; lblmsg.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green; } } public void insertdataintosql(string fname, string lname,string city) { SqlConnection oconn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.; Initial catalog=master;" + Server.MapPath("Example.xls") + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0"); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(); cmd.Connection = oconn; cmd.CommandText = "insert into Example(fname,lname,city)values(@fname,@lname,@city)"; cmd.Parameters.Add("@fname", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = fname; cmd.Parameters.Add("@lname", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = lname; cmd.Parameters.Add("@city", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = city; cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; oconn.Open(); cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); oconn.Close(); } protected string valid(SqlDataReader myreader, int stval)//if any columns are { object val = myreader[stval]; if (val != DBNull.Value) return val.ToString(); else return Convert.ToString(0); } } when i run this code i got the error as follows; Keyword not supported: 'd:\website1\example.xls;extended properties'.