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How can I extract data from SQL into Microsoft excel based upon a value in cell "A2"?

Asked by NoMoreHair in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Visual Basic Programming

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I asked a question earlier( http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Excel/Q_23596811.html ) and I got a response that works (see code below). The code below takes a stored procedure from SQL 2000 and I use that stored procedure to import data into specific columns in my excel spreadsheet. I would like to take it a step further. I would like to enter a value in cell A2 and have that select what data that gets imported into EXCEL. Lets say my sql query in my stored procedure is sometihng very basic:

SELECT [NAME], [LOCATION], [TYPE], [VERSION]
FROM [BASIC_TABLE]

I would like to run a macro (maybe based upon the code below) that runs the query and only returns data  from the query with records that match data in cell A2. Lets say cell A2 contains LOCATION data, so my query results would show only the LOCATIONs that match cell A2Start Free Trial 
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Given a stored proc that returns multiple "batches" of records.
 
-- Substitute your SELECTs as needed
 
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.zzzMultiSelect
AS
BEGIN
 
    select 'COL1-1' union select 'COL1-2' union select 'COL1-3'
 
    select 'COL2-1' union select 'COL2-2' union select 'COL2-3'
 
    select 'COL3-1' union select 'COL3-2' union select 'COL3-3'
 
    select 'COL4-1' union select 'COL4-2' union select 'COL4-3'
 
END
 
' Modify the connection string as needed. This sample macro populates 4 columns as per your specifications to the ActiveSheet.
 
' Requires a reference to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.x" in Tools -> References
Sub MultiRecordsetToXL()
     
    Dim cn As New ADODB.Connection
    Dim cmd As New ADODB.Command
    Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim ColArr As Variant
     
    cn.Open "Driver=SQL Server;Server=<YourServer>;Database=<YourDB>"
   ' See www.connectionstrings.com for more info as needed
     
    ColArr = Array("B", "E", "H", "I")
    i = 0
    If cn.State = adStateOpen Then
     
        With cmd
         
            ' set the command object properties
            .ActiveConnection = cn
            .CommandText = "zzzMultiSelect"
            .CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
            ' .Parameters("@CustomerID").Value = "ALFKI"
            Set rs = .Execute
            Do
                If rs Is Nothing Then
                    Exit Do
                Else
                    Cells(1, ColArr(i)).CopyFromRecordset rs
                End If
                i = i + 1
                Set rs = rs.NextRecordset
            Loop
        End With
 
    End If
     
    If Not rs Is Nothing Then
        If rs.State = adStateOpen Then
            rs.Close
        End If
    End If
 
    If cn.State = adStateOpen Then
        cn.Close
    End If
    Set cmd = Nothing
    Set cn = Nothing
    Set rs = Nothing
 
End Sub
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