Posted by alvinstraight38@hotmail.com on 09/30/90 12:00

Hey guys,

I am trying to import data from an Excel spreadsheet into my SQL
database. I am running SQL 2005.

I following Microsoft's instructions for creating a linked server, and
it appeared to work. However when I run this query:

SELECT * INTO test FROM OPENQUERY(EFORMS,
'SELECT * FROM [Form Tracker Baseline$]')


I get the following error:

The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server
"EFORMS" reported an error. The provider did not give any information
about the error.
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider
"Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "EFORMS".


Test is the table that will receive the imported data. Eforms is the
name of my linked server, and Form Tracker Baseline is the worksheet
name.

The error sounds like it can not locate my spreadsheet. Any ideas why
I am getting this message? Is there an easier way to do this import?

Thanks,

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