Is it possible to make some kind of link from SQL to Excel making the Excel documents the true datasource? I don’t want any data to be stored in SQL, all data editing will be done in the Excel sheets.
I know this is far from optimal but I don’t have a choice, the data needs to stay in Excel.
I know there is an option to do this kind of links in Access and there I can access the data from within VS but I would really prefer SQL.
It’s also possible to use the Jet driver directly from your application and skip out SQL server.
I know this isn’t a proper answer to your question but another thought that may be useful 🙂