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Asked: 2026-05-20T08:12:53+00:00

I have a requirement of importing information from an excel file to a database.

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I have a requirement of importing information from an excel file to a database.
I have a webpage that runs an ssis package, that picks up an excel file, and loads data into a database.
The problem now lies, in the different types of excel files to be processes either xls or xlxs.

SSIS excel connection manager, lets you specify which type of excel file, you will be connecting to either xls or xlxs, you can not use one connection manager for both types, this now only allows the user to always change an xlxs file to xls, then process it, is there a way to dynamically change the connection manager, based on the type of excel file,
or should i just have two different SSIS packages called, when a different type is processed.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In SSIS 2008, you can set a Connection to a 2007 Excel file (.xlsx) and then use an Expression on the Connection Manager to set the ExcelFilePath to be the value of a variable. The value of this variable can be either type, 97-2003 (.xls) or 2007 (.xlsx) and the Excel Source will work, as long as the Sheet names are the same.

    Excel Connection Manager Expression

    I’m not sure if this is the same behaviour in SSIS 2005.

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