Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider “MSDASQL” for linked server “(null)”

Question

Having an interesting issue. I\'m reading from an excel file on a server via an OpenRowset in Sql2005. I\'ve run the query a number of times without any problems. I\'ve just

Answer 1

I think you made an ODBC using a 32bit driver but SQL Server Management Studio requires 64 bit. Because this has happened when you want to create a linked server for MYSQL on SQL Server. So, you should make the DSN System use for 64bit drivers