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reference to an Excel cell in an SQL Command text

How I can reference to an Excel cell in an SQL Command text? Getting  'error converting data type varchar to uniqueidentifier'

exec sp_executesql N'SELECT CustomFieldEntryView.* FROM CustomFieldEntryView WHERE (DataResourceId = @DataResourceId)',N'@DataResourceId uniqueidentifier',@DataResourceId = Sheet1!$C$2
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please clarify what you try to do.


if you plan to query Excel from sql server
you can set linked server:

How to use Excel with SQL Server linked servers and distributed queries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306397


or use OPENROWSET
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190312.aspx
 for example:
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0',
         'Excel 12.0;Database=c:\test.xls;HDR=YES',
         'SELECT * FROM [Sheet1!$C$2])
Where does your command run - on sql server, in Excel VBA, or in standalone application?
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