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I'm using openrowset with MS SQL Server 2005 to update data in and excel spreadsheet (.xls). &nbsp;However, I'm unable to do this to an excel 2007 spreadsheet (.xlsx). &nbsp;Is this supported? &nbsp;Do I need to adjust something in the OPENROWSET function params? &nbsp;Like change Excel=8.0 to something?<br />
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UPDATE...<br />
...OPENROWSET('Microsoft.J<wbr />et.OLEDB.4<wbr />.0', <br />
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\Documents and Settings\ttalbott\Desktop\<wbr />NT CBA\2009IIllustrative .xlsx;', <br />
'SELECT Bin, .....
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I'm using openrowset with MS SQL Server 2005 to update data in and excel spreadsheet (.xls).  However, I'm unable to do this to an excel 2007 spreadsheet (.xlsx).  Is this supported?  Do I need to adjust something in the OPENROWSET function params?  Like change Excel=8.0 to something?

UPDATE...
...OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\Documents and Settings\ttalbott\Desktop\NT CBA\2009IIllustrative .xlsx;', 
'SELECT Bin, .....

Using T-SQL openrowset with Excel 2007

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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