How create Excel linked server without Security Admin

I need to import excel data to mssql, i am creating linked server and then
selecting from it
Is there a why to create linked server without security admin role or some
other way to import data from excel spreadsheet to MsSQL 2000. It is not
very good security policy to have 10 users with Security administrator
server role :)
--
MusonDTS?
"Muson" <nu@.nu.nu> wrote in message
news:ufic8sc8GHA.788@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I need to import excel data to mssql, i am creating linked server and then
>selecting from it
> Is there a why to create linked server without security admin role or some
> other way to import data from excel spreadsheet to MsSQL 2000. It is not
> very good security policy to have 10 users with Security administrator
> server role :)
> --
> Muson
>|||In SQL Server 2005, you can grant ALTER ANY LINKED SERVER permission, which allow to execute
sp_addlinkedserver. See below BOL URL:
ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/tsqlref9/html/fed3adb0-4c15-4a1a-8acd-1b184aff558f.htm
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Muson" <nu@.nu.nu> wrote in message news:ufic8sc8GHA.788@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I need to import excel data to mssql, i am creating linked server and then selecting from it
> Is there a why to create linked server without security admin role or some other way to import
> data from excel spreadsheet to MsSQL 2000. It is not very good security policy to have 10 users
> with Security administrator server role :)
> --
> Muson
>