Import an excel file into SQL Developer and create a table

Hello everyone!
I have an Excel file I want to Import into SQL Developer. Do I need to Create a table first than import the file into the table?
Or is there a way to import an Excel file and it automatically generate or turn into a table?
I would really appreciate any directions or explanations.
Thanks everyone!
Java Man

Joyce Scapicchio wrote:
I suspect that you are having memory problems opening the excel file. This is a known issue with excel files for importing and exporting. Check this post for suggestions:
Re: Export to Excel Hangs to Excel Hangs ]
Joyce Scapicchio
SQLDeveloper TeamThanks for the reply but the problem was I needed to convert the file to a csv format. To do this open the file in Excel and re-save as CSV Comma Delimiter. Don't worry about data-types because when the file is uploaded to SQL Developer, you will have the chance to set all the parameters, data-types and so on.
Once I did this and try opening the file, the setup window opened and I was able to do all the additional tweaking and convert the data to a table.
Because of this I am speculating that SQL Developer does not work with Excel XLSX extension.
Thanks again!
JM

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