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Ignored columns using vb6 to extract from excel

I am trying to extract a table of values from an excel (2003) spreadsheet using vb6, the result of which needs to be stored in a (adodb) recordset. The table looks like this: Name Option.1 Option.2 Option.3 Option.4 Option.5 Option.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name1 2 ...

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "(null)"

Having an interesting issue. I'm reading from an excel file on a server via an OpenRowset in Sql2005. I've run the query a number of times without any problems. I've just gone out for a quick meeting and suddenly I get the error "Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "(null)"" I've made ...