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Posted by Andrew Gould on 02 April 2014
How to construct and manipulate command objects in ADO to talk to databases using VBA
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This video has the following accompanying files:
File name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
GenerateUpdatedMoviesDatabase.sql | SQL query | |
Movies 2007.accdb | Access database (new format) | |
Top Movies 2012 ADO Commands.xlsm | Excel workbook with macros |
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From: | duggie |
When: | 09 Mar 20 at 12:26 |
This video shows how to use commandtext, whereas the previous video concentrates on recordsets.
Can you please explain the merits of using commandtexts over recordsets or is it just an alternative?
From: | Andrew G |
When: | 10 Mar 20 at 09:40 |
Hi, you can use Commands to execute SQL statements which don't return results to a Recordset, such as CREATE and DROP statements.
You can also use a Command to modify data without returning a Recordset which may give better performance, for example, using an UPDATE statement in a Command vs. retrieving a Recordset and altering its data.
I hope that helps!
From: | AceAxe |
When: | 02 Jun 19 at 11:49 |
Dear Andrew,
I'm having a problem with this lesson
I'm using SQL Server 2016 (installed by your instractions) and in this video you're using SQL Server 2012.
The problem is ConnectionString. Examples from "https://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2016/" doesn't work at all
Using ConnectionString from Excel data Connection does do some work but useless to add anydata to database.
Here is my current ConnectionString "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=True;Data Source=ma\new_sql2016;Use Procedure for Prepare=1;Auto Translate=True;Packet Size=4096;Workstation ID=MA;Use Encryption for Data=False;Tag with column collation when possible=False;Initial Catalog=Movies"
Would you please excuse my ignorance and drop a small hint how to fix this problem.
Sincerely yours
Alexander
From: | Andrew G |
When: | 03 Jun 19 at 07:33 |
Hi there, here's some basic code which will work with the new version of the Movies database:
Const SQLConStr As String = _
"Provider=SQLNCLI11;Server=.\SQL2016;DataBase=Movies;Trusted_Connection=yes"
Sub ConnectToDB()
Dim MoviesConn As ADODB.Connection
Dim MoviesData As ADODB.Recordset
Dim r As Range
Set MoviesConn = New ADODB.Connection
Set MoviesData = New ADODB.Recordset
MoviesConn.ConnectionString = SQLConStr
MoviesConn.Open
On Error GoTo CloseConnection
With MoviesData
.ActiveConnection = MoviesConn
.Source = "Film"
.LockType = adLockOptimistic
.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
.Open
On Error GoTo CloseRecordset
Sheet1.Activate
For Each r In Range("A3", Range("A3").End(xlDown))
.AddNew
.Fields("Title").Value = r.Offset(0, 1).Value
.Fields("ReleaseDate").Value = r.Offset(0, 2).Value
.Fields("RunTimeMinutes").Value = r.Offset(0, 3).Value
.Update
Next r
End With
CloseRecordset:
MoviesData.CancelUpdate
MoviesData.Close
CloseConnection:
MoviesConn.Close
Set MoviesData = Nothing
Set MoviesConn = Nothing
End Sub
I hope that helps!
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