Question

I am using the SQL Developer or SQl express.

How do i get the values from an excel sheet and update those in a column of my database…

Please help thanks.

i have this and im running it but i get error:

SELECT * 
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
            'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\books.xls',
            'SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]')

i get error now

OLE DB provider “Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0” for linked server “(null)” returned message “Could not find installable ISAM.”.

thanks

Answer 1

THIS IS HOW MY CODE WORKS

INSERT INTO TEMPTABLE (name)
 SELECT * 
   FROM OPENROWSET(
                   'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 
                   'Excel 8.0;IMEX=1;HDR=NO;DATABASE=C:\test.xls', 
                   'Select * from [Sheet1$]'
                  );

i hope this helps some1