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#Excel import xml no headers 64 Bit
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#Excel import xml no headers full

Parameters: Excel workbook file full path name (UNC format for remote file). Pivot the cells and output the data table Ī stored procedure is provided as a generic tool to import Excel xml tinyint=0.Process the loaded xml to parse the header and values for each cell.Use the BULK rowset provider of OPENROWSET to load the xml file to SQL Server.The basic idea is to save Excel spreadsheets as xml spreadsheets.

The xml spreadsheet has “Excel.Sheet” as processing instruction so when you double click it, it will be opened in Excel instead of internet explorer or other xml processor. an Excel workbook can be saved as an xml document. Since 2003 MS Office supports XML spreadsheet, i.e. This article discusses a way to import Excel spreadsheet by native T-SQL of SQL Server 2005 or later, so it works well in both 32bit and 64bit platforms. Sometimes the security policy does not allow us to use sp_OA family stored procedures or OPENROWSET/OPENDATASOURCE adhoc queries.we don’t know the number of columns and their names in ahead, which is not easy to handle in SSIS or adhoc queries Sometimes we need to handle dynamic spreadsheets, i.e.'Data Source="C:\TestExcel.xls" User ID=Admin Password= Extended properties="Excel 8.0 IMEX=1 HDR=Yes"'). Scripts, like the following one, used to work in SQL 32bit don’t work anymore in 64bit SQL Server:įROMOpenDataSource('.4.0', The provider is required for linked server or OPENROWSET/OPENDATASOURCE etc to import Excel spreadsheets, Access tables, CSV files etc.

#Excel import xml no headers 64 Bit

There is no 64 bit Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Jet.

However, we sometimes still face challenges:

Bulk load: Save the Excel spreadsheets as CSV files and use BCP or BULK INSERT.

Excel COM methods: Use sp_OA family stored procedures to call the Excel COM methods.

Ad hoc queries: use OPENROWSET/OPENDATASOURCE or Linked server with Microsoft Jet OLEDB provider.

SSIS: use data flow task and chose Excel as data source.

There are many different ways to achieve this: As SQL Server DBAs/Developers, we are often asked to import data from Excel spreadsheets into database tables.