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

Question

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

declare @t_values   nvarchar(max)   =                   
N\'                   


        

Answer 1

Snippet for SELECT INTO:

    
        

                
            
            Prepare Copy/Paste Excel data for exporting to temp table
            Denis Sipchenko
            
                SurroundsWith    
            
        
        
            
                 t_name     #t                            Destination Table Name                            
                 col_nm     NULL                          comma separated COLUMN Names                      
                 selected   CopyPasteExcelTableHere       copy/paste Excel data here                        
                 delimiter  char(9)                       Column Delimiter: HT = char(9) = HorizontalTab    
                 eol  N'
'                       EndOfLine    
            
            
                 1st row contains column names
    BEGIN
        SET @tmp_clm_name = left(@tbl, charindex(char(10), @tbl)-1);
        SET @tbl          = stuff(@tbl, 1, len(@tmp_clm_name)+1, '');
        SET @tmp_clm_name = '[' + REPLACE(@tmp_clm_name, @dlm, '],[') + ']';
    END
;

SET @FirstRow  = N'IF OBJECT_ID(''tempdb..'+@tmp_tbl_name+''') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE '+ @tmp_tbl_name + ';'
        + @eol + N'-- select '+ @tmp_clm_name+' from $t_name$;'
        + @eol + N'SELECT * INTO ' +  @tmp_tbl_name + N' FROM '
        + @eol + N'(VALUES '                            
;

SET @LastRow    = N') t('+ @tmp_clm_name +');'        
;

;with v as
(  select  --row_number()  over(order by insertquery),            
             ',(' 
            + replace               -- replace 'NULL' by NULL
              ( '''' 
                 + replace          -- surround values by quotes 'value1','value2'...
                   (    value
                   ,    @dlm        -- Delimiter: HT = char(9) = HorizontalTab
                   ,    ''','''
                   ) 
                 + ''''
              , '''NULL'''  
              , 'NULL'      
              )                                              
            + ')' as insertvalues
    --into #t 
    from  string_split(@tbl, char(10))   -- insert Line per Row into table
    where len(value)>0                   -- skip empty rows
),
rv as -- adding RowID column (have to identify 1st row to remove 1st character)
(   select (ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY insertvalues)) as RowID, *  
    from v
)
          select 1 as RowID                  , @FirstRow as SelectInto 
union all select 1 +  RowID                  , case when RowID=1 then stuff(insertvalues,1,1,' ') else insertvalues end from rv
union all select 2 +(select count(*) from rv), @LastRow 
order by RowID
$end$
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