+3  A: 

Be more specific in your Extended Properties portion (and don't omit inner quotes there).

In particular, try Extended Properties="Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1" to allow mixed numbers&text data.

More details at http://connectionstrings.com/.

GSerg  2010-01-14 16:51:21
That did the trick, thank you.
skerit  2010-01-14 18:16:43
A: 

I signed up just to thank you GSerg, I can't vote you up as my reputation isn't 15 yet. I'm new to database and that IMEX saved my life.

brettville  2010-09-27 17:05:18

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