Excel into SQL Server with Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0

Question

I\'m getting the following error when trying to open an Excel file in SQL Server 2008 r2 64-bit:

Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
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Answer 1

have you tried (as a test) copying the Excel file onto the SQL Server C:\ drive and executing the query against that path?

what happens when you go onto the server and open this path in Explorer/run dialog: \filepath\filename.xlsx?

Are you able to execute this query: exec master..xp_cmdshell 'dir '\filepath\filename.xlsx'?

This will help you determine if it's a network rights issue, or whether the account has the permissions to use distributed queries.

My hunch is that it's definitely a rights/permission issue, as the DBA can run it.