Comments on: How to Solve Problem That Excel Data Imported Into SQL Server Via DTS Became Null http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html Random thoughts and news by Andrew Chen and friends Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andrew Chen http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-62556 Andrew Chen Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:57:50 +0000 http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-62556 I am glad that help. Thank you for commenting :cool: I am glad that help. Thank you for commenting :cool:

]]> By: SQLMadness http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-62340 SQLMadness Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:15:38 +0000 http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-62340 I wanted to thank you for this tip. It help me sort out a problem with NULL values when importing to SQL using Jet engine. I wanted to thank you for this tip. It help me sort out a problem with NULL values when importing to SQL using Jet engine.

]]> By: dit bukiss http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-52554 dit bukiss Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:19:26 +0000 http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-52554 Rad... i was wracking my brain trying to figure out why I kept importing nulls when the data was clearly there. I even tried converting the cell formatting in excel to just TEXT... still nothing. the notepad trick worked. Rad… i was wracking my brain trying to figure out why I kept importing nulls when the data was clearly there. I even tried converting the cell formatting in excel to just TEXT… still nothing. the notepad trick worked.

]]> By: orange_square http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-35724 orange_square Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:55:53 +0000 http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-35724 Thanks a lot for the tip. Worked perfectly! Thanks a lot for the tip. Worked perfectly!

]]> By: Alan Houck http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-29518 Alan Houck Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:26:13 +0000 http://www.siusic.com/wphchen/how-to-solve-problem-that-excel-data-imported-into-sql-server-via-dts-became-null-108.html#comment-29518 Another alternative is a registry hack on the SQL Server host machine: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel change "TypeGuessRows" to 0 This tells DTS to examine all the data before setting the data type. Another alternative is a registry hack on the SQL Server host machine:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel
change “TypeGuessRows” to 0

This tells DTS to examine all the data before setting the data type.

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