How to export data from Excel spreadsheet to Sql Server 2008 table

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I want to import data from an Excel file - assume Excel 2003 / .xls - to Sql Server 2008.

Have tried adding a linked server to the JET OLE DB Access driver, and of course it fails on the 64-bit machine. But when I try to drop the linked server while experimenting, there's another error saying that the linked server already/still exists!

I have also tried changing the Excel driver to 32-bit (regedit tool) but am not sure if it's doing anything, same error is coming up!

Some more details: Say Table1 in Excel file has 5 columns. I want to map to Database.dbo.Table1 with 5 columns again, but with different names in table. Is there a way to do even do such an import?

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There are several tools which can import Excel to SQL Server.

I am using DbTransfer (http://www.dbtransfer.com/Products/DbTransfer) to do the job. It's primarily focused on transfering data between databases and excel, xml, etc...

I have tried the openrowset method and the SQL Server Import / Export Assitant before. But I found these methods to be unnecessary complicated and error prone in constrast to doing it with one of the available dedicated tools.

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