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Author  Topic  ingib Starting Member 5 Posts Posted - 2010-09-08 : 09:59:31 hello, I Have a folder that includes multiple excle files (ver 2007), i am trying to loop through each file using vbscript to import its data to sql 2000 using openrowset but i am getting this error in the openrowset line "[Microsoft][ODBC sql server driver] [sql server] [OLE/DB provider returned message: the microsoft office access DB engine cannot open or write to the file '', it is already open exclusively by another user or you need permission to view or write its data] code 80040E14 source microsoft OLEDB provider for ODBC drivers Any help please