XL: Using SQLOpen with User ID and Password

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

When you use the SQLOpen statement in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can specify the user name and password.

MORE INFORMATION

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To include a reference to the ODBC add-in:

1. With a module sheet active, click References on the Tools menu.

2. Select Xlodbc.xla, and then click OK.

   NOTE: If you do not see Xlodbc.xla, click Browse to search for the file. The file is located in the MSQuery folder. In Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0, the folder is a subfolder of the Microsoft Excel folder. In Microsoft Excel 97, the folder is a subfolder of the Library folder located under the Office folder. Select the Xlodbc.xla file, and then click OK.

3. In the References dialog box, click OK.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

Sub Using_SQLOpen()

   ' Dimension the variable.
   Dim Chan as Integer

   ' Establish a connection to the data source specifying the user ID and
   ' password.
   chan = SQLOpen("dsn=my datasource;uid=myuid;pwd=password")

   ' Execute a SQL statement.
   SQLExecquery chan, "select * from customer"

   ' Retrieve the query results and place them on the worksheet.
   SQLRetrieve chan, Range("sheet2!a1")

   ' Close the connection.
   SQLClose chan

End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about SQLOpen in Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 versions 7.0 or 97, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   SQLOpen

In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, click Contents on the Help menu, select Programming With Visual Basic, click the Search button, and type:

   SQLOpen