The mandatory update from Microsoft this past week seems to have trashed my ability to import Excel files into SQL Server. It says Excel isn't a valid connection manager type. I've reinstalled Office and the ACE Database Runtimes, with no success.
My next idea is to reinstall or repair SQL Server 2017, the developer edition. I started to try repair, but that requires the install media files. On the download website, there are two options: an ISO or CAB files. I'm not sure which the
repair needs. If you can tell me, that might help.
Further if you have any other suggestions on remedying this error, that would be great:
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In SSMS, I clicked on on of the databases and selected Task, then import data, select Excel, and I see this error immediately.
I'm running SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition and the most current version of SSDT (just downloaded and installed as an attempt to fix this issue). The machine is 64-bit Windows 2012 R2.
I'm running Microsoft Office 365 64-bit, but again, things have been running perfectly until today with SSIS accessing Excel.
My guess is that something, perhaps in yesterday's Windows update corrupted, whatever it is that SQL needs to connect to an Excel data source, but that's only a guess.
I have installed the 64-bit versions of
Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0
Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.15.0
Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0
Any possible solution? Is there something I need to reinstall? Please advise.