I am trying to obtain a 64-bit "Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)" driver so that I can access csv files. Does one exist?
I am using sqlserver 2005 x64 and have installed the 64-bit version MSDASQL
My goal is use openrowset as follows
select*
fromOpenRowset('MSDASQL','Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};
DefaultDir=\\myserver\share\testdata;Extensions=CSV;',
'select * from testdata.csv')
But get the following error
OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "(null)" returned message "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified".
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "(null)".
This work fine on a 32 bit server
Thanks