# Uploading data from an excel file (ASP.NET)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-data-from-an-excel-file-asp-net/284437>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-data-from-an-excel-file-asp-net/284437 "2009-03-19T08:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![volure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@volure](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/volure)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-data-from-an-excel-file-asp-net/284437/1 "2009-03-19T08:24:56Z")

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Hi,

I’ve developed a web application using Interop.Excel to basically extract data from an uploaded excel file. Everything works fine until I deploy the app on my hosting server.

And, just found out from Microsoft that it’s not a good practice since Microsoft Office simply wasn’t designed to for server-side automation.

My question is, what is the alternative at the moment to extract data from an excel file? Is there a 3rd party library that I can use at a minimal cost?

Thanks all.