Import Excel data into an existing SQL Server 2005 table

Question

I'm trying to import some data from an Excel sheet into an existing SQL Server 2005 table.

The table has the following columns:

Name, Surname, PhoneNumber ,Bill

and they are in the same order in the Excel sheet.

I've never attempted such a thing before, but after searching for a while I was told I could use:

INSERT INTO table 
    SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
                             'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\temp\test.xls',
                             'SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]')

Do I need to reference the column names from the Excel sheet to the SQL Server table columns?

I'm certainly not a SQL guru, but would consider myself a good beginner.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

See here in you Management Studio :
Choose you db?

Choose your source :

and from here is all just following the GUI !!