InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 11:21:14 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382459-148-1.aspx[quote]External table is not in the expected format[/quote]Is the Excel file of the correct version?Which type of Excel file are you trying to load?Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:30:00 GMTKoen Verbeeckhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382459-148-1.aspxhi,i am getting error when connection to excel connection managerTITLE: Package Validation Error------------------------------Package Validation Error------------------------------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Error at Data Flow Task [Excel Source [28]]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER. The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "Excel Connection Manager" failed with error code 0xC0202009. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the AcquireConnection method call failed.Error at Data Flow Task [SSIS.Pipeline]: Excel Source failed validation and returned error code 0xC020801C.Error at Data Flow Task [SSIS.Pipeline]: One or more component failed validation.Error at Data Flow Task: There were errors during task validation.Error at NDC [Connection manager "Excel Connection Manager"]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft JET Database Engine" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "External table is not in the expected format.". (Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.VsIntegration)------------------------------BUTTONS:OK------------------------------i turned off run64bitruntime,still i am getting errorThu, 08 Nov 2012 06:33:24 GMTharri.reddy