Excel Import TEXT "9760020" imports "9.76002e+006"

Hello,

I have a problem with the Import of an Excel file and hope one of you can help me out.

There is a column with mixed data (format is TEXT) in an excel file and I want to import it as Text (DT_WSTR (255)).

So far everything works fine but some fields like "9760020" imports "9.76002e+006".

My settings so far are:

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=<FileName>;Extended Properties="EXCEL 8.0;HDR=NO;IMEX=1"

In addition I altered the registry entry

TypeGuessRows to 0 (ImportMixedType = Text)

Has someone got a solution?

Thankx

Hello,

I didnt solved the probleme from above, but I can recommend the following approach to get really rid of the uncertainty if there is mixed data for the Provider.

Use a fixed first line with mixed data and set typeguessrows to 1 ... so you can be shure... becouse typeguessrows to 0 scans not all but the first 16000 some lines....

The Excel Import TEXT "9760020" imports "9.76002e+006" problem remains.... If someone knows a way... I would be very grateful.

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JWS...

I opened a new spread sheet and set the columns format to text and then copy the data back and it should work.. or u can select all the information in the spread sheet and copy it to a text and then import the text file directly to the spread sheet and then import ur spread sheet to the database.

Hope this helps...

Regards

Karen