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

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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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