How to export data from Excel spreadsheet to Sql Server 2008 table

Question

I want to import data from an Excel file - assume Excel 2003 / .xls - to Sql Server 2008.

Have tried adding a linked server to the

Answer 1

There are several tools which can import Excel to SQL Server.

I am using DbTransfer (http://www.dbtransfer.com/Products/DbTransfer) to do the job. It's primarily focused on transfering data between databases and excel, xml, etc...

I have tried the openrowset method and the SQL Server Import / Export Assitant before. But I found these methods to be unnecessary complicated and error prone in constrast to doing it with one of the available dedicated tools.