Have you tried a pass thru query to run the SP to get the result?
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Browse All TopicsI have an Access project linked to SQL server data.
In my VBA code I want to get the result of a query into a variable. The stored proc returns one value, with a field name of "count". In Access I would normally use DLookup but this wont work with SQL procs.
I can successfully run SQL procs using DoCmd.RunSQL but how can I assign their results to variables?
Kind regards.
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> DoCmd.RunSQL
is the wrong method to use.
to run a stored procedure, you usually use adodb (and not docmd.runsql), ie the command object.
see here for tutorial code (vb6), which can be used as template almost 1:1:
http://www.codeproject.com
FWIW, you can use DAO to called stored procedures and get a return value.
http://support.microsoft.c
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by: chapmandewPosted on 2008-04-01 at 10:09:53ID: 21255979
have you tried using ADO to call the proc and get the value from a recordset?