Dim Conn As System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection,dt as datatable Dim da As System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataAdapter Dim strConnstr,strImportfolder,strFilename as string strImportFolder = "c:\importfile" ' this is the folder in which the file resides strFileName = "csvimport.csv" 'this is the csv file to be imported strConnStr = "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};Dbq=" + strImportFolder + ";" Conn = New Odbc.OdbcConnection(strConnStr) da = New System.data.Odbc.OdbcDataAdapter("select * from [" + strFileName + "]", conn) da.Fill(dt)