SQL Query External Dta
Read text file contents as a single value: SELECT [BulkColumn] FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:\TEMP\test.json', SINGLE_CLOB) AS Contents Read data from Excel: Option1: Using OPENROWSET. Note: if your column has data more than 255 characters, try to format the column as Text. Also try to change following registry key TypeGuessRows to 0 (default is 8), under path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Access Connectivity Engine\Engines\Excel (for 64-bit machine) or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Access Connectivity Engine\Engines\Excel (for 32-bit machine). Restart of SQL instance required if change registry setting.
Posted by John Liu Wednesday, June 4, 2025