Flat File Import into SQL Server Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server.

Learn how to use Excel Power Query's extract and split column features to extract delimited strings into their components.

Type the following command:select * from mytableReplace "mytable" with the name of the table you wish to load into Excel. Press "Enter" to generate a comma-delimited file containing the table's data.

Web queries offer a handy way to import data from selected tables into a worksheet--but Excel isn't as accommodating as it should be, especially when it comes to parameters. These tricks will let ...