[MS SQL] Import/Export

IMPORT in 6 steps:

1. Click right mouse button on your database, to which you want to load an extra table from Excel and choose tasks.

2. Choose data source: Excel

3.  Choose our destination, which is MS SQL Server

4. And click first option: copy data from one or more table/views.

5. Select/edit data ready to import

6.Confirmation and final import steps

EXPORT

1. First step is the same: click on database, choose tasks, but this time Export Data instead of Import.

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2. Then we need to choose data source, this time it will be our SQL Server, so the program that is currently in use.

2 step export

3. And our destination file (might be prepared earlier): NameOfExcelFile.xls

3 step export

4. In next step we can choose tables we want to export into Excel file. Names of tables will be switched into names of Sheets in Excel.

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5. SQL will show us information about data types fails, but there’s no need to make any modifications, just click next.

5 step export

6. Last dialog box looks exactly as for import, doesn’t it?:) just wait patiently, till operation will be over and check your Excel file, that’s it.

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