BUG: Cannot Import Excel 97 Spreadsheet with 256 or More Columns

Article ID: 207446 - View products that this article applies to.
This article was previously published under Q207446
BUG #: 44641 (SQLBUG_70)
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SYMPTOMS

The Data Transformation Services (DTS) Wizard finishes with an error when importing data from a Microsoft Excel 97 spreadsheet with 256 or more columns. The error is "Too many fields defined."
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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, break the package into two different tasks, each of which import fewer than 256 columns from the Excel spreadsheet datasource.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0.
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Article ID: 207446 - Last Review: October 16, 2002 - Revision: 1.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
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