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Is a 64-Bit Microsoft text driver available

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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


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