SSIS Excel Import Forcing Incorrect Column Type

Question

I\'m trying to import a spreadsheet to our database using SSIS. For some reason SSIS wants to believe two of the columns are of type Double, when they contain character dat

Answer 1

If multiple columns in the excel spreadsheet present with the same name, this kind of error occurs. The package will work after making the column name's distinct. Sometime the hidden columns are being ignored while checking the columnn names.