Hi,

I tried same code but still having same problem.

EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver

@server = N'ExcelSource',

@srvproduct=N'Excel',

@provider=N'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',

@datasrc=N'E:\XlsDataSource.xls',

@provstr=N'Excel 8.0'

GO

Error Details:

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OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "ExcelSource" returned message...