How to find which OLE provider is available for SQL Server? - sql

Question

I try to access an Excel file in SSMS. After searching the internet, I could not get it working.
Here is what I did:
My environment:
Windows 7(64bit) SP 1,
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP3) - 10.0.5500.0 (X64)
Office 2010 Pro Plus with Access installed(32 bit)
Try to change config for OLE like:
exec sp_configure 'Advanced', 1
RECONFIGURE
exec sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1
RECONFIGURE
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'AllowInProcess', 1
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'DynamicParameters', 1
Run query:
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('MICROSOFT.ACE.OLEDB.12.0','Text;Database=C:\Temp\;','SELECT * FROM [test.csv]')
or
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0','Text;Database=C:\Temp\;','SELECT * FROM [test.csv]')
For both cases, I got an error message like:
Msg 7308, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0' cannot be used for distributed queries because the provider is configured to run in single-threaded apartment mode.
or
Msg 7308, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'MICROSOFT.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' cannot be used for distributed queries because the provider is configured to run in single-threaded apartment mode.
Then I checked the linked server on SQL server, and there are 10 providers by default by run system sp:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop
SQLOLEDB
MSOLAP
SQLNCLI11
ADsDSOObject
SQLNCLI
SQLNCLI10
Search.CollatorDSO
MSDASQL
MSDAOSP
MSIDXS
How to resolve this problem?
How do I know if MICROSOFT.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 or MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0 is available for SQL Server?

Answer 1

For file type with extention .xlsx use 'Excel 12.0' or 'Excel 12.0 Xml' instead of Excel 9.0
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=C:\Temp\Test.xlsx;', 'SELECT * FROM [Location1$]')
If you are connecting to Microsoft Office Excel data, add the appropriate Extended Properties of the OLEDB connection string based on the Excel file type:
File Type (extension) Extended Properties
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Excel 97-2003 Workbook (.xls) "Excel 8.0"
Excel 2007-2010 Workbook (.xlsx) "Excel 12.0 Xml"
Excel 2007-2010 Macro-enabled workbook (.xlsm) "Excel 12.0 Macro"
Excel 2007-2010 Non-XML binary workbook (.xlsb) "Excel 12.0"