How could I read an Excel file with SSDT-Visual Studio 2019 under Windows Server 2016 64-bit ?
I see there are a lot of blogs describing similar issue but I'm still not able to solve my problem.
I would like to read an Excel file within my Visual Studio 2019 (SSDT Toolbox) under our Windows Server 2016 64-bit. At first attempt (during the development) I got this error message "The requested OLE DB provider Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0 is not registered. If the 32-bit driver is not installed, run the package in 64-bit mode." Ok, I understand VS 2019 is a 32-bit app so it, by default, tries to use 32-bit driver.
Through multiple tests I tried the actions below but none of them have solved the issue :
- set the Run64BitRunTime as True
- set the "Processor Architecture for AnyCPU Projects" as x64
It seems modifying those settings would apply only at RunTime level i.e at the compiled version of the package, not during the development.
When I use SQL Server Import and Export Data Wizard 64-bit (and save the SSIS Package) it do works BUT it does not help reaching 100% of my goal. The reason I use SSIS is to do complex ETL , not only reading an Excel file. Reading such file is only a small part of the process (otherwise SSIS would be quite underutilized)
The biggest constraints I currently have are:
- As per company restrictions, we could not install 32-bit driver on that machine
- I know Visual Studio 2022 would be 64-bit but unfortunately, at this time (October 2022), it does not have SSIS module yet
Could anyone help me to solve this?
Any helps or tips would be appreciated.
My environment:
- Windows Server 2016 64-bit
- SQL Server 2019 with SSIS module installed
- Visual Studio 2019 with SSDT module installed
