load multiple excel files(with different number of rows in every file) into a single table

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load multiple excel files(with different number of rows in every file) into a single table

bmr270

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September 9, 2014 at 11:09 am

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Hi,
I have to load multiple excel files into a single table (which has 50 columns (ntext)), but an excel file can contain any number of columns but less than 50 columns.
Example:
ExcelFile1: has 20 columns with 15 rows
ExcelFile2: has 12 columns with 10 rows
If we load above two files into a single table, the table should contain total 25 rows(first 15 rows with 20 columns and 10 rows with 12 columns)
How to all the unformatted excel files into a single table?
Thank you

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 1

That's correct.

Was there a question you wanted to ask?

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 2

You need to use 2 data flow tasks.

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Luis Cazares (9/9/2014)
You need to use 2 data flow tasks.

How can you tell that's the answer he's looking for? He didn't ask any question.

2 would not be correct. He said:

... an excel file can contain any number of columns but less than 50 columns ...

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 4

You're right.

But with no question, there's no wrong answer. 😀

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." - Lewis Carroll

Luis C.
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Luis Cazares (9/9/2014)
You're right.
But with no question, there's no wrong answer. 😀
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." - Lewis Carroll

I don't agree 100% with Lewis Carroll.

"If you don't know where you want to be, you'll have a hard time getting there." - Alvin Ramard (2014-09-09) 😀

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COZYROC One Orange Chip Points: 28499 More actions · Answer 6

The standard Data Flow Task supports only static metadata (columns), defined at design time. If you can use third-party solutions, I would recommend you check the commercial COZYROC Data Flow Task Plus. It is an extension of the standard Data Flow Task, which supports dynamic metadata at runtime. You can handle input files with arbitrary number of columns. No programming skills are required.

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