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philkos
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 08:23:42

I having an excel file called TEST.XLS (in c:\ drive) which has 3 columns (c0,c1,c2) & 8 rows
c0 c1 c2
1 a A
2 b B
3 c C
4 d D
5 e E
6 f F
7 g G
8 h H

In sql server i have one table called TEST which has three columns
c0 char(10)
c1 char(10)
c2 char(10)

when i runnig the following query

select *
into TEST from openrowset('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\TEST.xls;HDR=YES',
'select * from [Sheet1$]')

i am getting error like this

Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error.
[OLE/DB provider returned message: The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object 'Sheet1$'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name correctly.]
OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' IColumnsInfo::GetColumnsInfo returned 0x80004005: ].

Version : Sql server 2000 & Excel 2002

Anybody having any idea why this error occuring?
thanks in advance...
Philkos

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-07 : 08:38:21

The script Library is for posting working scripts, not for questions.

You should post your question on the Developer Forum.

CODO ERGO SUM

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-16 : 03:39:04

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=49926&whichpage=10

Madhivanan

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