Error: “OLE DB provider ”MSDASQL“ for linked server ”(null)“ returned message ”[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found …"

Question

If I execute the following command:

select 
    * 
from 
    OpenRowset (
        \'MSDASQL\',
        \'Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt;*.csv)};Default         


        

Answer 1

I just tried it on x64 Win7 and made it work. I think there are a couple problems.

1. I believe you have to add a space between *.txt; and *.csv
2. Don't include the path with the file name

This worked:

select * from OpenRowset('MSDASQL', 
         'Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};DefaultDir=c:\;', 
         'select top 10 * from x.csv')