We can create a new linked server using Excel:
Select the Provider, Input the data source(excel path), and provider string, keep ‘Excel 8.0’.
Save, and you can see the server .
then you can query from the new server:
SELECT * FROM DAVIDEXCEL...Sheet1$;
SQL Server: Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server <->
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