OPENROWSET not working unless file is open












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I've been using OPENROWSET successfully for quite some time now, but now I've run into a problem I'm unable to solve. I'm running SQL Server 2017 Express.



I'm running the following query:



SET @SQL = '

INSERT INTO MyTable SELECT *

FROM OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0'',

''Excel 12.0; HDR=YES; FIRSTROW=1; FORMAT=CSV Database='+@filePath+''', 

''SELECT * FROM [MyFile_'+@MonthNo+@YearNo+'$A1:I5000]'')'



exec (@SQL)


The error message I get is:




(0 rows affected)
OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" returned message "External table is not in the expected format.".
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)".




The file is a CSV (semi colon delimited) saved locally on the same machine as SQLServer is running.
The file itself is downloaded from a FTP share.



Now the tricky part - if I open the file in excel, and keep it open, and then run the query above, the import works just fine. Usually my problem is the other way around - if I have a file open I'm not able to import it, but that is not the case here.



Please note that I have several other files that I'm able to read in successfully using the same query.



Any help would be appreciated.






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    I've been using OPENROWSET successfully for quite some time now, but now I've run into a problem I'm unable to solve. I'm running SQL Server 2017 Express.



    I'm running the following query:



    SET @SQL = '
    
INSERT INTO MyTable SELECT *
    
FROM OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0'',
    
''Excel 12.0; HDR=YES; FIRSTROW=1; FORMAT=CSV Database='+@filePath+''', 
    
''SELECT * FROM [MyFile_'+@MonthNo+@YearNo+'$A1:I5000]'')'
    

    
exec (@SQL)


    The error message I get is:




    (0 rows affected)
    OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" returned message "External table is not in the expected format.".
    Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
    Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)".




    The file is a CSV (semi colon delimited) saved locally on the same machine as SQLServer is running.
    The file itself is downloaded from a FTP share.



    Now the tricky part - if I open the file in excel, and keep it open, and then run the query above, the import works just fine. Usually my problem is the other way around - if I have a file open I'm not able to import it, but that is not the case here.



    Please note that I have several other files that I'm able to read in successfully using the same query.



    Any help would be appreciated.






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      I've been using OPENROWSET successfully for quite some time now, but now I've run into a problem I'm unable to solve. I'm running SQL Server 2017 Express.



      I'm running the following query:



      SET @SQL = '
      
INSERT INTO MyTable SELECT *
      
FROM OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0'',
      
''Excel 12.0; HDR=YES; FIRSTROW=1; FORMAT=CSV Database='+@filePath+''', 
      
''SELECT * FROM [MyFile_'+@MonthNo+@YearNo+'$A1:I5000]'')'
      

      
exec (@SQL)


      The error message I get is:




      (0 rows affected)
      OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" returned message "External table is not in the expected format.".
      Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
      Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)".




      The file is a CSV (semi colon delimited) saved locally on the same machine as SQLServer is running.
      The file itself is downloaded from a FTP share.



      Now the tricky part - if I open the file in excel, and keep it open, and then run the query above, the import works just fine. Usually my problem is the other way around - if I have a file open I'm not able to import it, but that is not the case here.



      Please note that I have several other files that I'm able to read in successfully using the same query.



      Any help would be appreciated.






      sql sql-server openrowset







      share|improve this question














      I've been using OPENROWSET successfully for quite some time now, but now I've run into a problem I'm unable to solve. I'm running SQL Server 2017 Express.



      I'm running the following query:



      SET @SQL = '
      
INSERT INTO MyTable SELECT *
      
FROM OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0'',
      
''Excel 12.0; HDR=YES; FIRSTROW=1; FORMAT=CSV Database='+@filePath+''', 
      
''SELECT * FROM [MyFile_'+@MonthNo+@YearNo+'$A1:I5000]'')'
      

      
exec (@SQL)


      The error message I get is:




      (0 rows affected)
      OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" returned message "External table is not in the expected format.".
      Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
      Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)".




      The file is a CSV (semi colon delimited) saved locally on the same machine as SQLServer is running.
      The file itself is downloaded from a FTP share.



      Now the tricky part - if I open the file in excel, and keep it open, and then run the query above, the import works just fine. Usually my problem is the other way around - if I have a file open I'm not able to import it, but that is not the case here.



      Please note that I have several other files that I'm able to read in successfully using the same query.



      Any help would be appreciated.






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