newbie question

  • Ok. I am new to all of this so please be patient. I am creating a website with VWD and sqlexpress. My client sent me an excel spreadsheet with over 800 rows in it and I need to somehow get that data from the spreadsheet into my sql database. How do I do that?

    And why does this stupid thing tell me that it can't generate a user instance? This happens every time I shut down my computer. I end up trashing the sqlexpress folder and having to restart again in order to connect to the database. I found lengthy threads on this on microsoft's site but nobody actually answered the question.

    I am running on windows xp, by the way, not windows xp professional.

  • I would create a linked server if i was using sqlexpress.

    You can add them by in the express management studio or by using some system stored procedures i don't believe its in the express docs so

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175866(SQL.90).aspx

     

    hth

     

    David

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