Can any one explain me what below code will do

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SET NOCOUNT ON;

Exec sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
RECONFIGURE;
GO

Exec sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1;
RECONFIGURE;
GO

SELECT ID,FirstName,Surname
FROM OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source=C:\AddressBook.mdb')...[tblContacts]

--SELECT [Field1],[Field2],[Field3],[Field4]
--FROM OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source=Location:\Filename.mdb')
...[TableName]

Exec sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 0;
RECONFIGURE;
GO

Exec sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0
RECONFIGURE;
GO

Posted 30-Sep-13 23:10pm

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Updated 30-Sep-13 23:11pm

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Raja Sekhar S · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30T23:23:00

By Using the above Code... we can access the Contents Of the table 'tblContacts' from AddressBook.mdb (MS-Access File) Present in C Drive...

U can try this Code...
First Create a ms access File in c drive and name it as AddressBook and create a table 'tblContacts' with columns ID,Firstname,Surname.. and provide some sample data...

By using the above code u can view the contents of tblContacts in SqlServer....

Read these: OPENDATASOURCe[^]
Ad Hoc Quieries[^]

Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30T23:32:00

Solution 2

Everything is explained on MSDN -TechNet site:
sp_configure[^]
OPENDATASOURCE[^]

Posted 30-Sep-13 23:32pm

Maciej Los