SQL Server Management Console Express And Linked S

Ok so I managed finally to get an Excel Spreadsheet to connect as a linked server.

When I right click it , go to run scripts and click on create to i can see the tab of script below:

/****** Object: LinkedServer [EXCELLINK] Script Date: 05/17/2008 08:37:04 ******/
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'EXCELLINK', @srvproduct=N'Excel', @provider=N'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', @datasrc=N'c:PRICINGFINAL2.xls', @provstr=N'Excel 8.0'
/* For security reasons the linked server remote logins password is changed with ######## */
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname=N'EXCELLINK',@useself=N'False',@locallogin=NULL,@rmtuser=NULL,@rmtpassword=NULL

GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'collation compatible', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'data access', @optvalue=N'true'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'dist', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'pub', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'rpc', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'rpc out', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'sub', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'connect timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'collation name', @optvalue=null
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'lazy schema validation', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'query timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'EXCELLINK', @optname=N'use remote collation', @optvalue=N'true'

Now I am not sure exactly how to go about querying to pull the data into a table.

The table I want to set will have three columns:

CREATE TABLE new_price (
item_id CHAR(12),
item_lst_lnd_cost DECIMAL(9,2),
item_prc_2 DECIMAL(9,2))

the columns in the EXCELLINK linked server spreasdsheet are named the same as the columns above. Once the table is created how do I use the linked server to import the data?

Brooks C. Davis
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