title: Updating SQL SERVER Database from EXCEL
body: <p>I have an excel sheet with some data:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1. Inventory item number 
  2. Description
  3. Inventory Database ID (PRIMARY KEY)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have about 1000 rows. I want to delete the item numbers in the database that match the item number in my excel list. I can write an application to do that in .NET, but that just seems overly complicated. </p>
  
  <p>Is there an easy way through excel or SQL Server to run a sql statement to delete item numbers in my excel sheet with out the trouble of creating an application?</p>