Yes you can upload any file directly into SQL Server.
Here's an example:
http://SteveOrr.net/Articles/EasyUploads.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net


"no one" <noone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I need to find a way to upload an Excel file into an MS SQL database
> using a web control front end. I have my ASP.Net control (using C#)
> uploading a file to a directory, but the server people now tell me that
> I cannot have a writeable area for the web and have a DTS see it as this
> is too much of a security risk. So, I need a way to read the file
> directly into the database. I've no idea how to do this. Does anyone
> have ideas? I know loading MS Office into the web server is out of the
> question. The webserver and database server are not the same physical
> machine.
>
> Thanks.
>