Hi,
I am trying to find some document or code that will load an excel spreadsheet into an sqlserver database.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction.
I insert/update thousands of line items daily to my MS SQL 2k db each day from multiple excel sheets that are uploaded. In Microsoft's infinite wisdom Excel and MS SQL is not "Fully" compatible and some characters throw off the uploads, cause errors in loading, etc. Each Excel sheet has from a few rows up to 50,000 rows or more. We load around 100 of these Excel sheets each day depending on what our users upload.
Our main problem appears to be with "Special Characters", anything that is not a number or letter seems to be an issue in loads. We have written our scripts to ignore a certain set of characters such as #,!, -, ', ", [, ], {, }, +, =, *, %, ~, `, <,>, etc. But we still get errors. This has become a frustrating nightmare. Any help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
I have tried ASP scripts, VB created exe's, converting the Excel sheet to a text file, then uploading, and other various means to get this process error free. Some files never have issues loading, some excel files will error out and not at the same point each time. We can run the same file 5 times in a row and it will stop/error at a different point each time without any rhyme or reason.
Now we are not just doing an "Insert", there are several variables that are at work when loading the data, like combining exact items into one row, associating data with ID's in another table, etc. It is not just a simple, take this data and place it here scenerio which makes this a serious headache to figure out how to make this error free and troubleshoot.
Is there some information or a direction I should look to consider a solid solution to importing data from Excel sheets to a MS SQL 2k db? These files are loaded into a specific folder and on upload they are also recorded in a table marked ready for update in the db. Our scheduler runs the exe associated with that users ID and loads their data, overwriting their previous data load, then marks the file as done.
Is there a proven method, some external program that can be used to make this a solid process, or any direction you can provide for me to research?
I have an excel sheet that has a bunch of columns. Some of these columns have static data but there are a few of the columns that retrieve data by making calls to servers and returning values that populate these columns. Usually about 30 mins before the columns are populated.
I then need to to load the excel sheet into a table.
I was wondering if there was anyway by which we can make the connection to the excel sheet and then force a delay of about 30 mins before it starts retriving the data?
Is this possible in ssis? Or can I achieve it by some other means?
Thanks for any help in advance
Hi,
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Hi,
I want to load data into Excel file with following format,
Country
State
Total
Location
ABC
A
20
X1
30
Y1
C
100
XYZ
X
40
Basically I want to insert records from multiple rows into a single row; how can I achieve this using SSIS.
I am using Excel as a data source.
Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Omkar.
I have used for-each loop container for loading excel sheet contains multiple sheets with same structure. It is loading data into SQL table even there is no data in sheets.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy company has recently transitioned to a centralized Oracle database model.
For the sake of security, the "powers that be" have also denied any query ability to any central tables. They refuse to create views or any other open tables for people to query.
Instead, they provide a "tool" which people can use to download data - to Excel Spreadsheets.
In the past, before this "improvement" lots of users in the local plants were able to query the old system to bring data into spreadsheets for reports, analysis, etc.
Now the place is jammed to the hilt with linked spreadsheets - people do their "table joins" with linked cells and Excel VLookups (yuk). This is because the "powers that be" still demand that these reports, analysis, etc. be done.
I am trying to use SQL-DMO to create a table join between one of these Excel Data pulls and a MS SQL Server table in Excel so that I can join without VLookup. IS SQL-DMO the right way to go?
Has anyone done this? I think I am close, but I don't know how to use the SQL-DMO attached Excel table object I've created in a join. I can't see the object in MS Query. I am not adverse to doing the whole thing in VBA...
Here is another question. Most of these Data pulls using the "tool" (ball and chain, boat anchor) are done once a day or once a week. Would a better strategy be to create MS SQL server Tables that are dropped and re-written when the data is pulled into Excel? This would mean that the report worksheet does not have to import the Excel Data pull sheet to MS SQL when it updates its query.
Hi .,
Can any one guide me in exporting data from DB table to excel sheet .
Thanks,
vijay
I cant seem to reference columns within a linked Excel server
using MS SQL express
Code:
UPDATE dbo.Items
SET CCC=XL_SERVER.CCC
FROM XL_SERVER...sheet1$
WHERE BBB LIKE '7%'
i.e I want to update column CCC in my Items table from an Excel table column CCC where column BBB begins with 7
I have set up XL_SERVER correctly.
Help!
I need to make a script in SQL 2005 to import data from an Excel sheet into a SQL table.
I am using the wizard to import now.
Import from Excel 2000. First row of the excel sheet has column names.
Excel file name is: EXL.xls, sheet name is: Sheet1
Destination sql database name is: NM, table name is: Sht1
I use SQL Server Authentication to access the database.
User name: ABC and password: DEF
Database name is: DB
I am using the following setting when importing now:
- Delete rows in destination table
- Enable identity insert
i have to export the data from excel sheet to database table. for that i created linked server in sql 2000. after creating i get the SQLOLEDB error when i expand the linked server in enterprise manager.Can anyone help me in solving this issue.
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I am new to Sql Server and all the DBA stuff. My boss wants me to export a folder containing excel sheet data to sql server table . To be more precise , he wants to automate the DTS process where instead of exporting each and individual worksheet to the DB , he wants me to maintain a separate folder of these sheets and export that folder.
Please do lemme know , how do I do this .
Thanks,
Aparna
MSSQL noob here. Sorry guys, but I really need some help.
I have a MSSQL (2000) database and a Products Table. Now, there was three columns used for pricing that I was not able to populate on the initial usage. So I exported the table as an Excel document, and got rid of everything except the UID (unique identifier column) the Name, and the Three columns, so that the customer could take their time in filling out the information.
Ok, so These are what are common to both the MSSQL database and the Excel sheet
column uid = unique id integer
column Name = text
column eBay = number
column PriceGrabber = number
column Amazon = number
So, any idea how I can update my Products Table with this?
Please HELP!
Hi,
i'm making a merge join on a excel source whit a Sql Server 2005 (OLE DB). In the SQL table i have a select over AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail , in a excel file i pasted the information of the AdventureWorks.Production.Product
when i'm doing the merge join of this tables,i hope obtain 121.000 registries, but when the work is finished I only have 27 registries.
So i must configure buffer properties in the merge?
JULIAN CASTIBLANCO P
How to read multiple excel sheets in same excel file with different table schema.
Basically need to load data into tables from these excel sheet.
So I know how to dynamically read multiple excel sheets in same excel file with same table schema and load into one table.
But how to do this dynamically for multiple excel sheet with different table schema and load into different tables?
I am trying to get the contents of the Excel Files dynamically and dumping into the SQL Database using SSIS. Through WMI Event Watcher, I could find when one or more Excel files dumped in a particular folder and using ForEach Loop Container I was able to take all the filenames and pass it through Variables. But at the same time in the Data Flow, I have to pass each Sheet of an Excel File to the Excel Source control and export the data to my SQL Database using OLEDB Destination.
For that I need to get the names of each sheets in an Excel File and pass it to the Excel Source Control through variables. But when I give Data Access Mode as "Table name or view name variable" and provide the variable name in that, then it is giving an error message as "A destination table name has not been provided".
And at the same time, Since I was not able to provide an static Filename (as I am passing through Variables), when I tried to map the columns in the OleDB Destination, it is not allowing me to map the columns.
So all these things I should do at Run-time using Variables in SSIS. I don't want to hard-code any filenames or Sheet names. If any one of you have a solution, please share with me.
Thanks & Regards,
Prakash Srinivasan
can anyone help me to solve this problem
i have created a ssis package to load the data from excel file to the table, but we are getting the data in different language ie in french,english and in china after loading the data when we view the data it is showing as junk characters for chinese data but we are able to see other language data ie french and english.
so please tell me how to solve that
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I have ssis package where I have excel connection manager with expression pointing to a variable which has path for location and name of excel spreadsheet to be create each with date on the name.ExcelFilePath points to variable for shared location where excel file will be saved.I have File system task for copying template excel file to destination location with date in file name.I drag and drop excel destination. Pointed to excel connection manager. Under data access mode, I have select table and view. When I try to select name of excel sheet, it says, no tables or views could be loaded. I should be able to see sheetname there so that I can map column. I only have option to create new spreadsheet. I want to use template to load data in excel file. I dont want to create new sheet. It was working before. But I opened the ssis package and its broken. I was able to see spreadsheet name before but I dont see it now even though I have not made any change to package. XCEL 12.0 XML;HDR=NO";
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I need to have the intere table in the same page, i don't care about blank space at the end of the page.
I can't use the page break beacuse i need an excel export in a unique sheet..
I have tested.. every page break..you'll have a different sheet in your excel export
I need something like this
page 1
Zone
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
7
8
9
..
page 2
Zone
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
7
8
9
..
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I've tried deleting the excel file & replacing it with a new one.
I've used the wizard thinking it was me but no good, it still happens.
HELP!
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Hi,
I have an excel spreadsheet with several sheets.
These sheets get populated with data from an external source database i.e. a third party application.
I would like to create a SSIS package to read the data in each sheet.
Please note that I do know how to create SSIS package to read an excel file with only one sheet.
Is there a functionality in SSIS to loop though each sheet in one excel file?
Thanks
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Hi,
I've a problem with excel destination spread sheet.I've created a package which pulls the data from sql server and load it into excel sheet.The main thing Ive to do is I've to create different destination tables(work sheets) for different data.i.e.,The source is a sql query which pulls the data in groupwise with group by clause.So,I've to create individual work sheet for each group with that data.How it can be done.Please, advice me.
Thanks in advance.
I am able to export to excel through a stored procedure.But when iopen it the datetime column and int columns are not getting recognised.
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I have a main report with some sub reports. I put the sub reports in a rectangle and selected insert page break before on the rectangles.
If I run the main report and then select export to excel the sub reports are called Sheet1, sheet2, sheet3
How can I change those sheet names ?
I tried setting the bookmark, label and tooltip but no luck.
If I only export 1 report, the name of the sheet is the name if the report.
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Constantijn Enders
Does SQL 2005 Express have standard functionality on board to export data as an excel sheet? or as XML in a specified format?
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I'm just starting with SSIS and want to create a reusable package which imports from an excel file which can be specified at runtime. I can expose the filename of the excel file as part of the connectionString property but the sheet is the openrowset property which is a custom property and therefore isn't exposed as part of the external configuration. Does this make sense? Is there an easy way to specify the sheet to import at run time?
Regards,
Anthony.
i using the select command
select * from [excel sheet name$];
i also using open file dialoug to specify the excel book this book should be pass to the select command at run time
as a parameter
so plz help me with suitable example
Hi ,
I am using SQL Server Business Inteligence Developement Studio for SSIS. I want to change the Excel FileName and Sheet name for excel source at the run time. Please suggest me how is it possible.
In admin tool of my application,i want to give facility to administrator that he can import data from the Excel Sheet and can insert in sql database. for example...user id and password that from excel sheet to user table in sql database.
how can i do this..please help me. it's urgent.
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