XL: Using SQLOpen with User ID and Password

ID: Q141510

The information in this article applies to:

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.

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To use SQLOpen and specify the user name and password, include the appropriate information in the Connection String argument. The following example gives the syntax for retrieving data from a SQL Server database. To use the SQL functions, you must include a reference to the ODBC add-in.

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

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "SQLOpen Function" topic.

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

   SQLOpen

Additional query words: 7.00 sql id

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999