I have an SQL database that contains a table with 5 rows (and 4 columns). I need to import a very long table (100+ rows, same number of columns) that I have created in Excel. Is there an easy, quick way to do this 'paste'-like operation?
In SQL Server Managment
Right Click on the DB Name in the solution explorer
Select Tasks-> Import Data
In the opened wizard choose 'Microsoft Excel' as data source
Select the excel file path and the excel version
Clisk next and choose the destination table details
Finish
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Is there a way to import a lookup table of account numbers from excel and only pull results from the database that match the account numbers listed in the excel lookup table? My lookup table contains thousands of account numbers so I can't manually type in the results that I want to filter for. I am using Microsoft SQL server studio to pull data from a SQL server database.
Yes, from SSMS in the object explorer you can right click on the database Tasks-->Import Data. From there you can use the UI to import the spreadsheet as a table in your database.
I have an Excel file that has several sheets, I want to import the data from the 2nd sheet but only the first 2 columns. I use SQL Server Management Studio. How can I do this?
Use the import data tool that comes with SQL Server Management Studio, in the wizard you will get to a section where you can map the sheet to a table. You can select the drop down by the sheet and select the second sheet and then map this to a table. Next you will click edit mappings on the bottom right and select only the two columns you would like.
I got an Excel file with data which I want to import into a database in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express edition.
I do this with right click on a database -> task -> import data.
After this, my data from Excel is loaded in the database in one table.
But I want to seperate the columns from the Excel file into different tables.
So instead of loading all Excel data into one database and table, I want to load the Excel data into one database, but in different tables.
For example: Save column 1,2,3 from Excel in table A, and save column 4,5,6 from Excel in table B.
Anyone that knows how to do this?
I followed the suggestion of #bendataclear:
"Personally I would just import into a temporary table then write INSERT INTO X SELECT queries to move in the correct columns."
Hi i am working on look up tables first time and we have some distinct values in look up tables which are coming from excel sheets. So i have two databases say A and B. there are around 22 look up tables and 5 certified tables in database A. and one import table and few work table in database B. i am just wondering how i am going to load Look up tables. do i have to write stored procs for each look up table and use in SSIS package. i just have to get distinct values from the Excel sheet for respective look up tables. i am using SQL Server 2005. Thanks for reading this.
1) Save the excel sheet as csv (use "Save As" from file menu)
2) Set "IGNORE_DUP_KEY" option on the destination table, this will skip duplicate values in CSV files(excel sheet)
3) construct a BULK INSERT command and provide the csv file and the destination table.
Alternative to 2) You may also set MAXERRORS in the BULK INSERT command to a value higher than the number of lines in csv file, this options just ignores any errors(there fore all the duplicate key errors will not cause the INSERT to fail)
I have a farily simple task of taking an Excel sheet and importing it into a SQL 2005 database table. I need to create an SSIS task for this. The Excel sheet does not have all the columns I need to make the insert directly into the permanent sql table, but I know how I could link out to other tables and get the columns that are missing. So I was wondering how I could import the Excel sheet into a #tempTable (or #VariableTable) and then one in a temp table I could just write my SQL Insert code (using the temptable as well as the other tables that I will link on) in a basic Execute SQL Task. But I am having trouble figuring out how to do this with SSIS. When I drag my excel source and try to link it to a SQL Server Destination the drop down doesn't have an option for temptables.
The SSIS way of doing this would be to use a Merge or Lookup transform. I don't think that you can put things into a temp table like that, but you could have an ExecuteSQL task that creates an actual table that you can then drop at the end of the package. You can then have your package use that.
During the design time you might need to have the table in place to link things up, but it shouldn't need to be there when you actually run the package.
First, you'll need to create the staging table for the excel worksheet. Open SSMS, right click the database, choose tasks, import data. Set the import source as excel. Browse to the file. Set the destination as SQL Server. You can accept the table name or name it as you wish. I suggest naming it something useful. Depending on your understanding of data types and what is in the excel sheet, it may take you a while to get this right. Eventually, you will have a table that will accept the contents of the excel sheet.
Second, create your ssis package by using an excel source and sql serve or oledb destination.
take Execute SQL task in control flow to create the target staging table of excel sheet surce.
in data flowuse excel source and oled db target to staging table create in the first step.
3.In control flow use merge or join statement to your excel targeted staging table with other source table to final target table.
thanks
prav