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Using SQL in VBA to populate value in Cell E8

Asked by: John15-16

All,

I am trying to pull a value from a SQL DB and pass it through to Cell E8 in Excel.  Everything else works, but I am stuck on trying to get the value into the cell.  I have tried using a Recordset, but either I am doing it wrong or Excel 2003 does not support it.

 I appreciate any and all help.

Thanks,
Brad

Dim sDSN As String, strsql As String
 
Set ws = ActiveSheet
 
sDSN = "ODBC;DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=MYDatabase;UID=bsims;WSID=MyWorkstation;APP=Microsoft Office 2003;DATABASE=PHENX;Trusted_Connection=Yes"
 
With ws.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=sDSN, Destination:=ws.[E8])
 
 
AuditNum = Range("AuditNum")
 
AuditNum = "'" & AuditNum & "'"
 
strsql = "Select Consignment" & _
" from cus_tbl_customer cus" & _
" join audit au on cus.cust_num=au.cust_num" & _
" where au.audit_num in (" & AuditNum & ")"
 
End With
End Sub

                                  
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2009-10-19 at 09:23:21ID24824073
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Answers

 

by: sstampfPosted on 2009-10-19 at 09:43:23ID: 25606756

I answered a similar question few days ago and it was about pulling data from an excel file and inserting that into an access database. Check out the link, see if it helps you:


http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Excel/Q_24810459.html

 

by: sstampfPosted on 2009-10-19 at 09:45:42ID: 25606773

Your question is somewhat different but I think that the approach you need to follow will be more or less the same.

 

by: leonstrykerPosted on 2009-10-19 at 10:05:33ID: 25606949

 

by: John15-16Posted on 2009-10-19 at 10:42:51ID: 25607289

Excel 2003 won't allow me to use ADODB in my code.  Being new to VBA I am not sure if it is something I am doing or if it is just the version I am using.  I did find the answer I was looking for on another question from EE.  I added the following under the first 'with' statement and it worked:

        .CommandText = strsql
        .Name = "Query from SQL SERVER"
        .FieldNames = False
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .BackgroundQuery = False
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = True
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = False
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .PreserveColumnInfo = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery = True

 

by: sstampfPosted on 2009-10-20 at 02:13:18ID: 25612136

No.........you are mistaken. ADODB does work in Excel 2003. All you need is to create a reference in your project. See the screen shot below. Also please follow the link I have provided and download the excel file I have attached there. See my comments there and try running the code.

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    These are the references you need to create in order for my code to run

    These are the references you need to create in order for my code to run
 

by: leonstrykerPosted on 2009-10-20 at 06:46:56ID: 25614036

sstampf has the question going on the right track. ADODB does work with Excel and is the prefered, and accepted,  method of bringing data to Excel.

 

by: John15-16Posted on 2009-10-20 at 09:36:43ID: 25615851

Understood.  To clarify, I mentioned that I was new to VBA so I was not saying ABODB did not work with Excel 2003, I just said I could not get it to work with mine.

I have updated the references and I will give the code a shot here in the next hour or two.

 

by: John15-16Posted on 2009-10-20 at 12:30:01ID: 25617564

Ok.  I tried the ADODB, but I am lost now.  Can one of you help me out?  I have posted my code below, but keep in mind, this is only my second time writing VBA code so anything you write if you could give me an explanation of what is going on I would greatly appreciate it.  The book I have does a horrible job at explaning working with databases...

Private Sub ConnectToSQL()
 
    Set conSQLDB = New ADODB.Connection
    conSQLDB.Open "Server=SQL2005;DRIVER=SQL Server;Database=myDB;Trusted_Connection=TrueID=bsims;WSID=BSIMS;APP=Microsoft" & _
    " Office 2003"
    Call ExportToExcel
        
End Sub
 
Private Sub ExportToExcel()
    
    Dim strSQL As String
    Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
    Dim strDBPath As String, strTableName As String
        
        
    AuditNum = Range("AuditNum")
    ProfileNum = Range("ProfileNum")
 
AuditNum = "'" & AuditNum & "'"
ProfileNum = "'" & ProfileNum & "'"
 
 
strSQL = "Select cus.consignment" & _
" from cus_tbl_customer cus" & _
" join audit au on cus.cust_num=au.cust_num" & _
" where au.audit_num in (" & AuditNum & ")"
               
        rs.Open "strSQL"
 
Range("E8").Value = rs!consignment
    
End Sub

                                              
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by: leonstrykerPosted on 2009-10-20 at 12:57:04ID: 25617893

Lets do this all in one procedure for now:

Private Sub ConnectToSQL()
Dim strSQL As String
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strDBPath As String, strTableName As String

    Set conSQLDB = New ADODB.Connection
    conSQLDB.Open "Server=SQL2005;DRIVER=SQL Server;Database=myDB;Trusted_Connection=TrueID=bsims;WSID=BSIMS;APP=Microsoft" & _
    " Office 2003"

       
    AuditNum = Range("AuditNum")
    ProfileNum = Range("ProfileNum")
 
AuditNum = "'" & AuditNum & "'"
ProfileNum = "'" & ProfileNum & "'"
 
 
strSQL = "Select cus.consignment " & _
" from cus_tbl_customer cus " & _
" join audit au on cus.cust_num = au.cust_num " & _
" where au.audit_num in (" & AuditNum & ")"
   
    Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
     
    rs.Open strSQL, conSQLDB, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic
 
    Range("E8").Value = rs!consignment
   
End Sub

Try this,
Leon

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