I want to run sql query on an excel table:
select * from Range[A1:Z50]
I managed to do that. Sadly I discovered that the solution I found was based on Jet:
ConnectionString ="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
My client has windows 7 with office professional plus 64bit and the jet does not exist
I think I need to install MDAC - but I cant install anything.
Do you know of other solutions?
You need to use the Ace Provider rather than Jet, the rest of the code will be the same
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0"
Install Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0
EXEC sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'AllowInProcess', 1
GO
EXEC sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'DynamicParameters' , 1
GO
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET( 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 8.0;Database=D:\testing.xls;', 'SELECT you_columns FROM [Sheet1$]')
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I am trying to import .dbf files into SQL Server 2016 64bit. For this I installed Microsoft Visual FoxPro. Below setup works for 32bit version of SQL Server but not to 64bit. I also tried changing the driver's name eg: Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0, Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0, etc. but no luck.
USE [master]
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'ad hoc distributed queries', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO
USE [master]
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'VFPOLEDB', N'AllowInProcess', 1
GO
And then,
DECLARE #sql AS NVARCHAR(200),
#path AS NVARCHAR(200),
#table AS NVARCHAR(200)
SET #path = 'C:\Users\sid\Downloads\VPF\'
SET #table = 'dmfiles'
SET #sql = 'Select * from openrowset(''VFPOLEDB'','''+#path+''';'''';'''',''select * from '+#table+'.dbf'')'
EXEC sp_executesql #sql
Also tried creating a Linked server type of cmd:
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET ('MICROSOFT.ACE.OLEDB.12.0','dBase
5.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=2;DATABASE=\Dbf Directory\','SELECT * FROM dbf_filename.dbf')
When I either try to open Linked server, run any command, SQL Server just says executing and never shows any result nor throws error.
I tried using DBF Viewer 2000 to convert .dbf to .sql and ran them against a DB but, running above SQL (if worked fine) would be great for my automation script.
Help is much appreciated!
I'm trying to import data from an Excel file on my disk C: but when I execute the query
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;Database=C:\Hola.xlsx', 'SELECT * FROM [Ripley$]')
I get this error
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
I tried this
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
RECONFIGURE;
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1;
RECONFIGURE;
GO
but it does not work. Somebody could help me please?
I'm using SQL Server 2008 R2 and office 2010
The SELECT statement inside your connection string is not needed, you can remove it:
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;Database=C:\Hola.xlsx', [Ripley$]')
You may also not need the Xml portion (but I'm not sure if that would cause an error):
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;HDR=YES;Database=C:\Hola.xlsx', [Ripley$]')
I have tried the following query in a SQL query
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=c:\generalholiday.xls','select * from [sheet1$]')
The following error is happened:
OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)"
returned message "The Microsoft Access database engine could not find
the object 'sheet1$'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell
its name and the path name correctly. If 'sheet1$' is not a local
object, check your network connection or contact the server
administrator.". Msg 7350, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Cannot get the
column information from OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for
linked server "(null)".
Actually I searched lot of answered based on this queries. But I did not get reliable result for me.
What I have done so far,
I installed access database engine 64 bit, and run the following queries
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'ad hoc distributed queries', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'AllowInProcess', 1
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', N'DynamicParameters', 1
GO
but still the above error is occurred. it is headache for me a full day to find this solution.
Please give me solution for this problem.
I am using SQL Server 2008 (64 bit) and MS Office 32 bit
I remember having similar errors setting this up initially on my server and I can't remember which bit solved it, but I believe it may have been running the following:
USE [master]
GO
EXEC master . dbo. sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' , N'AllowInProcess' , 1
GO
EXEC master . dbo. sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' , N'DynamicParameters' , 1
GO
Also, if I remember correctly the Excel file can't be open elsewhere when you try to query it.
What I need to do is export data into CSV file using T-SQL.
And I'm very confused about there are many ways can do it, I don't know to choose which one, please help me to confirm the bollowing:
As I know there are about 3 methods, and I want you help me to confirm:
Using Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0, like this:
INSERT INTO OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Text;Database=C:\Temp\;HDR=Yes;',
'SELECT * FROM test.csv')
(object_id, name)
SELECT object_id, name
FROM sys.tables;
but this need the csv file is there, and with header
using SQLCMD
command line.
using BCP
Use union, get data and it's column header.
This is all my understanding about T-SQL export to CSV, please help me to confirm.
Is there other way to export to CSV?
Thanks!
Execute the below command in SQL Server:
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'SQLCMD -S . -d MsVehicleReg2 -Q "SELECT * FROM tempViolationInfo" -s "," -o "O:\result.csv"';
You could use a UNION to create a header row, like this:
SELECT 'object_id', 'name'
UNION ALL
SELECT object_id, name
FROM sys.tables
Here is the T-SQL way:
INSERT INTO OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0','Text;Database=D:\;HDR=YES;FMT=Delimited','SELECT * FROM [FileName.csv]')
SELECT Field1, Field2, Field3 FROM DatabaseName
But, there's a couple of caveats:
You need to have the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 provider available. The Jet 4.0 provider will work, too, but it's ancient, so I used this one instead.
The .CSV file will have to exist already. If you're using headers (HDR=YES), make sure the first line of the .CSV file is a delimited list of all the fields.
For Ace.OLEDB.12.0 (the new Jet redistributable engine), you can install the 32-bit or 64-bit stand-alone engine, even if you have the "other flavor" already installed, whether on its own, from Access, etc:
use the /passive command-line option:
(32-bit): AccessDatabaseEngine.exe /passive
(64-bit): AccessDatabaseEngine_64.exe /passive
In my case, I have 64-bit SQL Express 2008 R2, and had 32-bit Office 12 apps installed (thus, the 32-bit ACE drivers were installed). I installed the 64-bit AccessDatabaseEngine_64.exe, and it's sort of working for me now...
Also, this is assuming you've done the other configuration work:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0',
N'AllowInProcess', 1
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0',
N'DynamicParameters', 1
GO
sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
regarding "best practice", there is no best practice.
there are several options available, not limited to:
in T-SQL with INSERT INTO OPENROWSET(...) SELECT * from [MyTable]...
executing BCP, whether from a job step or in T-SQL with xp_cmdshell
SSIS packages
PowerShell (from a job step, in SQL Server 2008+) or other external script/executable
Hello Microsoft SQL Server Masters,
Well, I have an Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as described below:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.2039 (Intel X86)
May 3 2005 23:18:38
Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
I need to execute an Operating System command from this Microsoft SQL Server, I checked that I have sysadmin privileges with the query below and it returned "1", which confirm my privilege.
SELECT IS_SRVROLEMEMBER('sysadmin', 'sa');
I tried the traditional xp_cmdshell and nothing happened, just to make sure it was working I tried the famous:
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'dir c:\'; EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'dir c:\';
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell "dir c:\";
And all returned NOTHING, which make me believe that xp_cmdshell is not available. I know that xp_cmdshell comes disable by default in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, but not in 2000, anyway, I tried to reenable it on the same way but it failed.
I looked at internet and I found this way to reenable xp_cmdshell for Microsoft SQL Server 2000:
exec sp_addextendedproc 'xp_cmdshell', 'xplog70.dll'
exec sp_addextendedproc xp_cmdshell, 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Binn\xplog70.dll'
However, it still doesn't work. I found another article telling that sometimes admins delete this files and I think it may be my case, the article says that if it was deleted I can execute "xp_msver" and in my case it also return nothing.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891984
I also tried this query that I found on the internet to see if xp_cmdshell exist and it returned nothing (but it may be a limitation of my weird SQL client, see below please).
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N’[dbo].[ xp_cmdshell]‘) and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N’IsExtendedProc’) = 1);
So, I'm really in trouble, I researched at Google and found potential solutions such as Job agent, SSIS package, CLR stored procedure, sp_OACreate (and friends) and SQLCMD but nothing worked. Maybe I did it incorrect, but another limitation in my case is that I just have access to this Microsoft SQL Server 2000 from a jump-box (Linux) that has a very odd sql-server client that do not accept queries with multiple lines, consequently I can't try with success the following potential solutions:
1# Job Agent
DECLARE #jobID uniqueidentifier, #cmd varchar(1000)
SET #cmd = 'netstat -na > c:\connections.txt'
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_job #job_name = '_tmp_MakeDirectory', #enabled = 1, #start_step_id = 1, #owner_login_name='sa', #job_id = #jobID OUTPUT
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep #job_id = #jobID, #step_name = 'Create Backup Folder', #step_id = 1, #subsystem = 'CMDEXEC', #command = #cmd
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver #job_id = #jobID
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_start_job #job_id = #jobID, #output_flag = 0
WAITFOR DELAY '000:00:05' -- Give the job a chance to complete
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs WHERE name = '_tmp_MakeDirectory')
BEGIN
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_job #job_name = '_tmp_MakeDirectory'
END
2# SQLCMD
CREATE PROCEDURE SQLCMD_TEST
AS
!!MKDIR "netstat -na > c:\connections.txt"
:OUT "C:\TEST\test.TXT"
SELECT ##VERSION AS 'SERVER VERSION'
!!DIR
GO
SELECT ##SERVERNAME AS 'SERVER NAME'
GO
EXEC SQLCMD_TEST
Unfortunately I don't have any other way to access this Microsoft SQL Server, I know it's not the best way, but it's how it's and I can't do anything. So, I need a solution to execute Operating System commands on this Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with all this limitations. Can someone port any of the two above methods for one single line query, please?
Any other suggestion with example is very welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Regards.
I used to use xp_cmdshell before CLR support came along. Unfortunately, you are a version away from CLR support (SQL Server 2005) and the system.io namespace. You can, however, create your own extended stored procedures which can access the file system and create directories. See here for more info: http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/SQL-Server/Extended-Stored-Procedures-Intro-And-10-Cool-Examples/
By the way, xp_cmdshell is an extended stored procedure.