importing multiple excel files?

  • forgive me if this is a simple question, but how would

    i import more than one .xls file into a single table?

    i know i can import using one .xls, but how would it

    work if i had maybe 3 or 4 .xls going into the same

    table?

    ultimately i would like to have an import use only

    say... a wildcard. specifically only .xls files that

    begin with monday*.xls in a folder.

    (most of the files have a timestamp, and would rather

    ignore that part of the file, and grab them all one once)

  • I believe you could use a foreach loop container in SSIS to grab each Excel file and insert, as long as the "column" names match in each file.

  • is there a quick how-to on that? i have 'data flow' task

    which was built by the wizard, and now u just need to modify

    it to accept more than one .xls.

    i placed the 'for loop' in the center of the work space, and

    now dragged the 'data flow' task into it.

    i've got a red 'x', and need to specify some kind of expression.

    any info on that process would be helpful.

    thanks again for your comments.

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