Hansiehans - Friday, June 27, 2014 1:46 AM

This is the code I used...enjoy 🙂
-- Get table (worksheet) or column (field) listings from an excel spreadsheet

DECLARE @linkedServerName sysname = 'TempExcelSpreadsheet'
DECLARE @excelFileUrl nvarchar(1000) = 'D:\\SHARE\\WLAN\\Report.xlsx'

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#MyTempTable') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #MyTempTable;

-- Remove existing linked server (if necessary)
if exists(select null from sys.servers where name = @linkedServerName) begin
exec sp_dropserver @server = @linkedServerName, @droplogins = 'droplogins'
end

-- Add the linked server
-- ACE 12.0 seems to work for both xsl and xslx, though some might prefer the older JET provider
exec sp_addlinkedserver
@server = @linkedServerName,
@srvproduct = 'ACE 12.0',
@provider = 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0',
@datasrc = @excelFileUrl,
@provstr = 'Excel 12.0;HDR=Yes'

-- Grab the current user to use as a remote login
DECLARE @suser_sname NVARCHAR(256) = SUSER_SNAME()

-- Add the current user as a login
EXEC SP_ADDLINKEDSRVLOGIN
@rmtsrvname = @linkedServerName,
@useself = 'false',
@locallogin = @suser_sname,
@rmtuser = null,
@rmtpassword = null

-- Return the table info, each worksheet pbb gets its own unique name
SELECT * INTO #MyTempTable FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;',
'EXEC sp_tables_ex TempExcelSpreadsheet');

SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM #MyTempTable

--exec sp_executesql 'SELECT * INTO #MyTempTable FROM OPENROWSET(''SQLNCLI'', ''Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;'',''EXEC sp_tables_ex TempExcelSpreadsheet'')'
--EXEC sp_tables_ex @linkedServerName
--EXEC sp_columns_ex @linkedServerName

-- Remove temp linked server
if exists(select null from sys.servers where name = @linkedServerName) begin
exec sp_dropserver @server = @linkedServerName, @droplogins = 'droplogins'
end