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		<title>Using Excel 2007 files as a Source in SSIS 2005</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to &#8220;jaegd&#8221; for his post here: http://forums.microsoft.com/&#8230; on how to accomplish this. Below please find some more details along w/ a example which can be downloaded here (ssis-2005-excel-2007-source-example).

Steps

Create new OLEDB Connection by right clicking on the Connection Manager tray
Chose any valid type or value for the connection and click okay
Rename the Connection Manager to something that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Connection Properties</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was having some issues getting a new SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube to process on a new development (dev) server. The error I kept receiving was...]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Tip - Identifying the max length of values in a column</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes files are received such as client feeds that contain values in columns that exceed the maximum number of characters allowed in the destination database. When these records are imported an error occurs when trying to fit this value into the column with the character limitation. In these cases it is helpful to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Row Numbers Excel Sources in SSIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customized Reading of Excel Sources in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where'd the old site go?]]></description>
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