Hi Guys,
I have a serious issue with transferring binary(8) data from SQL Server 2008 R2 to Excel 2010.
A standard query is made in Excel (Data -> From Other Sources -> From SQL Server) and it works... almost perfect.
Almost, because in the query result I have almost all columns in destination spreadsheet, except of those columns which are binary(8) format in my table in SQL Server.
So, in SQL there are columns - let's say:
Date
Start time
End time
User ID (as binary(8) format)
Memo (as string)
...
After Excel's query is done, in Excel there are only columns:
Date
Start time
End time
Memo (as string)
...
All columns with types = binary(8) are skipped.
I tried:
1. Export from SQL Server to CSV file and then from CSV file to Excel (all columns as string) and it works, but it has to be automated so CSV is not a good idea.
2. Adding to ConnectionString additional parameters NO_BINARY_RESULT=1 - does not help.
3. Adding to ConnectionString additional parameter IMEX=1 - does not help.
Do you know how to deal with that?
Best regards
I have a serious issue with transferring binary(8) data from SQL Server 2008 R2 to Excel 2010.
A standard query is made in Excel (Data -> From Other Sources -> From SQL Server) and it works... almost perfect.
Almost, because in the query result I have almost all columns in destination spreadsheet, except of those columns which are binary(8) format in my table in SQL Server.
So, in SQL there are columns - let's say:
Date
Start time
End time
User ID (as binary(8) format)
Memo (as string)
...
After Excel's query is done, in Excel there are only columns:
Date
Start time
End time
Memo (as string)
...
All columns with types = binary(8) are skipped.
I tried:
1. Export from SQL Server to CSV file and then from CSV file to Excel (all columns as string) and it works, but it has to be automated so CSV is not a good idea.
2. Adding to ConnectionString additional parameters NO_BINARY_RESULT=1 - does not help.
3. Adding to ConnectionString additional parameter IMEX=1 - does not help.
Do you know how to deal with that?
Best regards