>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I need to write a .NET program to transfer a Excel spreadsheet into SQL Server. I need to open the spreadsheet a user specifies, do some simple processing and upload the sheet into a SQL Server table.
>>>
>>>I need suggestions, pointers to articles and samples. thank you.
>>>
>>>Chen
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>>Chen,
>>
>>Check out Visual Studio Tools for Office at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/23cw517s(VS.80).aspx, and specifically the Excel tools: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.excel(VS.80).aspx.
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>>But it seems like you might be better served by importing the spreadsheet into SQL Server first, then performing the simple processing either through .NET or with a stored procedure in SQL Server. The process will be much simpler this way.
>
>Keith,
>
>Thank you! However, your html links are not working correctly. But I did find interesting readings on MSDN.
>
>Since I am comfortable with SQL Server, your suggestion of doing processing on the server is right on.

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http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/23cw517s(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.excel(VS.80).aspx