PS C:\Users\u00\bin> Get-ACEData -FilePath. To shorten the output, I will pipe the results to Select-Object and specify the TABLE_NAME property only. I am going to use an Excel file called backup.xlsx as shown here.įirst, let us list the worksheets that are part of the backup.xlsx spreadsheet. Now that the ACE module is installed and ready to use, let us look at couple of examples. Help Get-ACEData –full Using the ACE Module To see Help including examples of usage, run the following command. The ace module consists of one exported function called Get-ACEData. This is accomplished by running the following command. To use the module, you need to import the module into your current Windows PowerShell session.
To install the ACE module, perform the following steps. Having addressed the issue of connectivity, we can now look at a simple Windows PowerShell module that provides a function over the ACE driver, which I call ACE. I found a helpful blog post on MSDN from the CSS SQL Server Engineers that talks about different data providers and discusses a migration strategy. A common mistake I see, even with seasoned developers, is to drop to JET for. When you you have ACE drivers, there is no reason to use the old deprecated JET drivers-even for older versions of Microsoft Access and Excel.
The ACE drivers are supported by Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit x86 Windows Server 2003 R2, 圆4 editions Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and Windows XP with Service Pack 3.
Important: ensure that you have the ACE driver/provider installed on your machine or else the Windows PowerShell scripts demonstrated in this post will not work! Before you proceed, go to Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable, and download AccessDatabaseEngine.exe or AccessDatabaseEngine_圆4.exe, depending on your operating system. But more importantly, ACE is completely free, and it even includes a 64-bit version. One of the cool things about ACE is first, its name. Instead, Microsoft Office connectivity components are installed with Microsoft Office or alternatively through something called the Access Control Entry (ACE) driver. However, newer Microsoft Office connectivity components are not included with the operating system.
A Windows operating system includes the ODBC driver and OLE DB Providers for connecting to a variety of data sources, including SQL Server. When we connect to a data source, we first need to determine which connectivity components to use. ConnectivityĬonnectivity to a data source is accomplished through ODBC drivers or OLE DB Providers. Other solutions may be better suited than the Windows PowerShell scripts demonstrated in this blog post. In addition Windows Azure, Microsoft Access Services, and Microsoft Excel Services for SharePoint provide alternative solutions, which should be considered as possible strategies. Note: There are a variety of tools provided by Microsoft to assist in migrating your data into a SQL Server database. It is inventible that you will need to load some of these files into a SQL Server database. Microsoft Access and Excel have been called the desktop database, and companies have a lot of data stored in them.
Chad leads the Tampa Powershell User Group and is a frequent speaker at IT Camps, SQL Saturdays, and Code Camps. In his spare time, he is the project coordinator and developer of the CodePlex project SQL Server PowerShell Extensions ( SQLPSX). We are at the center of SQL Week in honor of SQLRally next week, and our guest blogger today is Chad Miller.Ĭhad Miller ( Blog| Twitter) is a SQL Server DBA and the senior manager of database administration at Raymond James Financial.
Hello MC, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I get data out of Microsoft Access and Excel files and into SQL Server by using Windows PowerShell?
Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and ACE Drivers. Summary: Quit using deprecated JET drivers to talk to Microsoft Access and Excel.