Import Excel to SQL Server 2008

Question

I need to create a process to import a multi tabbed excel spreadsheet into SQL Server 2008R2. Each tab will be a different table in the database. This will need to be done w

Answer 1

If you're limited solely to TSQL, the above two answers will show you some ideas. If you have access to either Data Tools or Business Intelligence, with SSIS, you can automate it with the assumption that each sheet in the Excel workbook matches each time. With SSIS, you'll use a Data Flow task and each sheet will be imported into the table that you want. When you're ready for the file the next week, you'll drop it into the folder and run the SSIS package.

However, if the sheet names change, (for instance, one week sheets are called Cats, Dogs, Rain and the next week it's Sulfur, Fire, Hell) then this would cause the package to break. Otherwise, if only the data within the worksheet change, then this can be completely automated with SSIS.

Example article: https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/ssis/moving-data-from-excel-to-sql-server---10-steps-to-follow/