SSMS: How to import (Copy/Paste) data from excel

Question

How to Copy/Paste following delimited data (by default delimited with tab) from excel:

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Answer 1

If by some reason you don't want to use PROC (no permissions for instance), you can use snippet instead.

Please save this code as file with extension .snippet and add it to your snippets through Code Snippets Manager:

    
        

                
            
            Prepare Copy/Paste Excel data for inserting to Table
            Denis Sipchenko
            
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                 t_name     '#insertTable'     Destination Table Name [(column names)]                            
                 t_values                      copy/paste Excel data here                        
                 delimiter  char(9)            Column Delimiter: HT = char(9) = HorizontalTab    
            
            
                0              -- skip empty rows


$selected$$end$
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