ACC: How to Create an SQL Pass-Through Query in CodeLast reviewed: February 4, 1998Article ID: Q112108 |
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SUMMARYModerate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills. This article demonstrates how to create an SQL pass-through (SPT) query in Visual Basic for Applications (or Access Basic in version 2.0). You can use SPT queries to pass SQL statements directly to an ODBC data source, avoiding the need to link tables. This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual. NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications is called Access Basic in Microsoft Access version 2.0. For more information about Access Basic, please refer to the "Building Applications" manual.
MORE INFORMATIONYou can use SPT queries to send commands directly to an ODBC database server (such as Microsoft SQL Server). Using Visual Basic (or Access Basic), you can write a function that creates an SPT query. When you run the query, it send commands directly to the ODBC database server for processing. The following example demonstrates how to create an SPT query in code: NOTE: In the following sample code, an underscore (_) at the end of a line is used as a line-continuation character. Remove the underscore from the end of the line when re-creating this code in Access Basic.
To create an SPT query called Test that returns a list of all the records from the Authors table located on the Red server in the Pubs database, you type
? CreateSPT("Test", "Select * from authors",_ "ODBC;DSN=Red;Database=Pubs;USID=JOE;PWD=JOE")in the Debug window (or Immediate window in version 2.0). This example also includes the UserId and password (both "Joe") arguments in the ODBC connect string. Note that if you do not supply at least "ODBC;" as the connect string, you receive the following error message:
Syntax error in SELECT statement. REFERENCESFor more information about pass-through queries, search the Help Index for "pass-through queries," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant. For more information about the syntax of SQL pass-through queries, please consult the documentation for your server.
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