RE: Import/Export to Excel

Every now and then, I need to send stuff from SQL to Excel….

Apart from using DTS and Import/Export wizard, we can also use this query to export data from SQL Server2000 to Excel and vice versa</p>

Create an Excel file named testing having the headers same as that of table columns and use this query

insert into OPENROWSET(‘Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0’,
‘Excel 8.0;Database=D:\testing.xls;’,
‘SELECT * FROM [SheetName$]’) select * from SQLServerTable

To export data from Excel to new SQL Server table,

select *
into SQLServerTable FROM OPENROWSET(‘Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0’,
‘Excel 8.0;Database=D:\testing.xls;HDR=YES’,
‘SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]’)

To export data from Excel to existing SQL Server table,

Insert into SQLServerTable Select * FROM OPENROWSET(‘Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0’,
‘Excel 8.0;Database=D:\testing.xls;HDR=YES’,
‘SELECT * FROM [SheetName$]’)

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[Via SQLJunkies Blogs]