Datastraw - Import Excel Tables To SQL Database 64 Bit

Datastraw - A Tool to Import Excel Tables to SQL Database 64 Bit

If you have ever wanted to import data from Excel files to SQL Server or Azure SQL Database, you may have encountered some challenges and limitations. For example, you may have to export your Excel data as text (CSV) files before you can import it, or you may have to run a separate tool for each worksheet in your workbook. You may also have to deal with compatibility issues between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Excel and SQL Server.

Fortunately, there is a tool that can simplify and streamline the process of importing Excel tables to SQL Database 64 bit. It is called Datastraw, and it is a free and open source software that you can download from https://github.com/datastraw/datastraw.

Datastraw is a command-line tool that uses the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard[^2^] under the hood. It allows you to import multiple worksheets from an Excel workbook in one step, without having to export them as text files first. It also automatically detects the Excel version and the column names, and handles any data type conversions. You can specify the destination database, table name, schema, and other options using simple arguments.

To use Datastraw, you need to have SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) installed on your machine. You also need to have access to the Excel file and the SQL Server or Azure SQL Database instance where you want to import the data. You can run Datastraw from any folder where you have write permissions.

Here is an example of how to use Datastraw to import an Excel file named MyData.xlsx to a SQL Server database named MyDatabase on a local server:

datastraw -f MyData.xlsx -s . -d MyDatabase

This command will import all the worksheets from MyData.xlsx as tables in MyDatabase, using the worksheet names as table names. If you want to import only specific worksheets, you can use the -w argument followed by a comma-separated list of worksheet names. For example:

datastraw -f MyData.xlsx -s . -d MyDatabase -w Sheet1,Sheet3

This command will import only Sheet1 and Sheet3 from MyData.xlsx as tables in MyDatabase.

You can also specify a different table name or schema for each worksheet using the -t and -c arguments respectively. For example:

datastraw -f MyData.xlsx -s . -d MyDatabase -w Sheet1,Sheet3 -t Table1,Table3 -c dbo,sales

This command will import Sheet1 as Table1 in the dbo schema, and Sheet3 as Table3 in the sales schema.

If you want to import data from an Excel file on a network share or a remote server, you can use the UNC path or the URL of the file as the argument for -f. For example:

datastraw -f \\\\\\\\Sales\\\\Database\\\\Northwind.xlsx -s . -d MyDatabase

datastraw -f https://example.com/Northwind.xlsx -s . -d MyDatabase

If you want to import data to an Azure SQL Database instance, you can use the server name, database name, user name, and password as arguments for -s, -d, -u, and -p respectively. For example:

datastraw -f MyData.xlsx -s myserver.database.windows.net -d MyDatabase -u myuser@myserver.database.windows.net -p mypassword

Datastraw supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Excel and SQL Server. It automatically detects the version of Excel that is used by the source workbook and uses the appropriate provider to connect to it. It also supports both Windows authentication and SQL Server authentication for connecting to SQL Server or Azure SQL Database.

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