Problem in import a excel file

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I am Importing an excel file to sql server 2000 through the following query

INSERT INTO [tblName] 
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET 
('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=D:\New Folder\ExcelName.xlsx;HDR=YES', 'select * from [Sheet1$]') ;

I am getting data like 3.23646e+007 in a particular column.While selecting through
the following query

SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET 
('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=D:\New Folder\ExcelName.xlsx;HDR=YES', 'select * from [Sheet1$]') ;

Data are normal like 84431673

I am using varchar(100) as datatype and also i tried with increased length.

Advance Thanks for the solutions.

Posted 5-Jul-11 20:24pm

Prasanna ragav

Updated 5-Jul-11 20:58pm

Toniyo Jackson

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Soft009 3-Aug-11 7:30am

Try using nvarchar(100) as the datatype......

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2irfanshaikh · Answer 1 · 2011-07-05T20:27:00

Solution 1

In excel sheet where ever we have number column please append single quotes (') before the number starts

e.g.

actual value 123456789
change it to '123456789

Then try importing the excel file.

Posted 5-Jul-11 20:27pm

2irfanshaikh

Updated 5-Jul-11 20:28pm

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Prasanna ragav 6-Jul-11 2:33am

Thanks 2irfanshaikh. I tried this but did not get the answer.

[no name] 6-Jul-11 2:41am

can u copy and paste some test data on the screen

Prasanna ragav · Answer 2 · 2011-07-20T23:09:00

Solution 2

I incluede IMEX=1 in the connection string and that solved my problem.

Posted 20-Jul-11 23:09pm

Prasanna ragav