I am tring to use ado object to execute a simple query on access database.
After I declared a connection varaiable I set the provider property to:
mConn.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4"
What should I write in
mConn.ConnectionString = ?
If the provider is Sql there is a way to create a file through the wizard open it by text editor and paste the
declaration , but I didn't see this possibility available when the provider is : Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4
Is there a way to create such a file ? If not what should be wriiten in the connection string ?
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Hi erezba!
Here is the code for etablish a connection to oledb:
DBFilePath stands for the location of the database file
(for example: C:\data\customers.mdb):
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Set adoconn = New ADODB.Connection
With adoconn
.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4"
.ConnectionString = "Data Source=" & DBFilePath
.CursorLocation = adUseClient
.Mode = adModeShareDenyNone
.Open
End With
HOWTO: Generate ODBC & OLEDB Connection Strings with Data Links
Last reviewed: November 17, 1998
Article ID: Q195913
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The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.0
SUMMARY
Microsoft Data Links, provided with the Microsoft Data Access Components 2.0, provide a convenient and standard way to create and validate the connection string syntax used with an ODBC Driver or OLE DB Provider. Even if you do not reference the data link in your application, when you use Data Links to create your connection string, it validates the connection string syntax to be used with your ODBC Driver or OLE DB Provider.
MORE INFORMATION
Data Links are available after installing Visual Basic 6.0, Data Access SDK 2.0, or MDAC 2.0 Run-time Components. You can access Data Links from the Visual Basic 6.0 Data Environment, or from the Microsoft Windows shell, as outlined in the following steps:
Steps to Build a Connection String
Install Visual Basic 6.0, the Data Access 2.0 SDK, or MDAC 2.0 Run-time Components.
Right-click on the Windows desktop, point to New, and select Microsoft Data Link to create a Microsoft Data Link shortcut on your desktop (New Microsoft Data Link.udl).
Right-click the New Microsoft Data Link and click Properties to open the Data Link Properties dialog box. To create a connection to a datasource, use the CONNECTION tab.
NOTE: You can optionally use the ADVANCED and ALL tabs to set specific behavior available to either an ODBC or OLE DB data source.
Once you have completed and tested your connection, click OK to save your new data link.
Open your New Microsoft Data Link.udl file with Notepad (or other text editor). From the .udl file, you can copy the connection string and use it in your application that connects to an MDAC technology.
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by: TimCotteePosted on 2001-06-27 at 02:02:34ID: 6230499
erezba, here is a sample connectionstring for an access database:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OL
You can omit the provider part as you have already specified it in the provider property or you can do it all in the one assignment.