Using SSIS I imported an Excel 2003 spreadsheet (don't know what Excel SP was installed) into a sql table. Most of the data imported well but ZIPCodes were another matter entirely. Sometimes they would import correctly, other times they were replaced by NULLS in the table. That is they did not import at all. So I converted the Excel ZIPCode columns to Excel "text" but that didn't solve the problem either. Then I modified the SSIS spreadsheet import default from "Excel 97-2003" to"Excel 2007" and that worked! That's a fine howy-do! Soon we are expecting an onslaught of daily spreadsheet files that need to be imported into sql.
Question 1: I don't trust SSIS anymore to accurately import all spreadsheet data. What can I do to minimize this issue.
Question 2: "Excel 2007"??? Are their SSIS drivers for Excel 2010, 2012, 2013?
TIA,
edm2