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Problem with Parameter in a Web Query

Asked by guyking in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

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I am having difficulty using the Data/Import External Data Web Query capabilities in Excel 2003.  The basic issue is that I want another cell to be a parameter to the URL that is invoked.

Because of the nature of the project, I cannot give the real URL, but let's use a simple stock quote inquiry for discussion purposes.  Say I create a web query that will use
    http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=t
to get the price of AT&T stock

I want the [t] to be a parameter, so that I can have a column of Stock symbols, and then the query "formula" will be in the next column, and when I refresh, I will get the appropriate data back.  My example of yahoo finance is imperfect since the returned table has multiple lines, but just assume that in my real case I will get back a simple one-line table with the result I need.

Anyway, from my searches thus far, it seems that in order to have parameters one needs to save the query to a file before changing it.
I have done that, and using the yahoo example, my query file looks like this:

WEB
1
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=t

Selection=table1
Formatting=None
PreFormattedTextToColumns=True
ConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne=True
SingleBlockTextImport=False
DisableDateRecognition=False
DisableRedirections=False

So, how do I get my cell values into the Query as a parameter so that this query can be dynamic based on values already in the spreadsheet?

I hope all of that is clear -- anxiously awaiting a response.

Thanks in advance!

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