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05.08.2008 at 08:03PM PDT, ID: 23388319
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Difficulty in pulling data from AS400 databases using Excel query with a complex SQL statement

Asked by lundca in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Programming for iSeries / AS400, VB Database Programming

I'm using the section of code listed here to pass a SQL statement in the strQry variable.  I can pull simple data such as:

"Select * From MyLibrary.MyTable Where FieldX = 'Value' Order By FieldX"

But if I do something like

"SELECT MyTable.FieldA, MyTable.FieldB, MyTable.FieldC FROM MyLibrary/MyTable INNER JOIN MyLibrary/MyTable2 ON MyTable.FieldA=MyTable2.FieldA"

I get a "Run Time Error '1004' General ODBC Error"

Can I pass complex SQL statements to an AS400 iSeries ODBC driver?  Or is there a particular syntax different from what, say, MS Access would recognize in a SQL statement?
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With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:="ODBC;DSN=AS400;", Destination _
     :=Range("A7"))
    .CommandText = strQry
        .Name = "Query from AS400"
        .FieldNames = True
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .BackgroundQuery = True
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = True
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = True
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .PreserveColumnInfo = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
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[+][-]05.09.2008 at 02:44AM PDT, ID: 21531359

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