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Added Example for SQL Server to Import-Excel

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Added an example for INSERTing rows into a SQL Server table from the Import-Excel function.
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Aaron Nelson
2018-10-04 15:36:42 -04:00
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@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function Import-Excel {
Notice that empty rows and empty columns are not imported.
.EXAMPLE
.EXAMPLE
Import data from an Excel worksheet. One object is created for each row. The property names are provided with the ‘-HeaderName’ parameter. The import will start from row 2 and empty columns and rows are not imported.
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@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ function Import-Excel {
Notice that only 1 object is imported with only 3 properties. Column B and row 2 are empty and have been disregarded by using the switch '-DataOnly'. The property names have been named with the values provided with the parameter '-HeaderName'. Row number 1 with ‘Chuck Norris’ has not been imported, because we started the import from row 2 with the parameter ‘-StartRow 2’.
.EXAMPLE
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PS> ,(Import-Excel -Path .\SysTables_AdventureWorks2014.xlsx) |
Write-SqlTableData -ServerInstance localhost\DEFAULT -Database BlankDB -SchemaName dbo -TableName MyNewTable_fromExcel -Force
Imports data from an Excel file and pipe the data to the Write-SqlTableData to be INSERTed into a table in a SQL Server database.
The ",( ... )" around the Import-Excel command allows all rows to be imported from the Excel file, prior to pipelining to the Write-SqlTableData cmdlet. This helps prevent a RBAR scenario and is important when trying to import thousands of rows.
The -Force parameter will be ignored if the table already exists. However, if a table is not found that matches the values provided by -SchemaName and -TableName parameters, it will create a new table in SQL Server database. The Write-SqlTableData cmdlet will inherit the column names & datatypes for the new table from the object being piped in.
NOTE: You need to install the SqlServer module from the PowerShell Gallery in oder to get the Write-SqlTableData cmdlet.
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https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel