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gyl
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Posted - 11/19/2005 :  09:30:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Can anyone help me with this...
I'm trying to import excel sheets into a predefined DB table (MSSQL server 2005 Express Ed).
My excel files can be stored under different names and into different folders. The sheetnames are not organised into a uniform structure (more than one tables into a sheet).

I'm trying to use openrowset therefor but i want to pass variables as argument for it.

For example :

insert
into Corpus.dbo.tbl_BasicInfos
select * from
openrowset('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'EXCEL 8.0;Database='+@excelPath+';HDR=NO',
'SELECT * FROM '+'['+@sheetname+'$]')

Answer : Incorrect syntax near '+' (the one before @excelpath in the 2d openrowset argument)

Specific cells in the excel sheet have to be passed. I know the syntax for and will also pass then with variables after the sheetname.

Thanks !

madhivanan
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Posted - 11/21/2005 :  01:04:14  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote 
Declare @excelPath varchar(100)
Declare @sheetname varchar(100)
Declare @sql varchar(1000)
set @excelPath='File Path'
set @sheetname='SheetName'

Set @sql ='
Select * from 
openrowset(''Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'',
''EXCEL 8.0;Database='+@excelpath+';HDR=NO'',
''SELECT * FROM ['+@sheetname+'$]'')'

Exec (@sql)


Madhivanan

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