I am using VBA to output information into an Excel worksheet that has been gathered from a SQL Server database called "PHB". I can connect to the database and pull information by calling a view.
When I dump the data into my Excel worksheet the column headings of the database data are included and I don't want that. I have to use an offset to get the data to look right. I can manipulate the results worksheet and remove the columns with VBA. If there is some switch I can use on either (VBA or T-SQL) end it seems like it would be a much cleaner and simpler approach.
Here are the relevant parts of my logic:
Public Sub Show_ProductCode()
Dim PHB_cnn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim ProductCode_qry As String
Dim ProductCode_rst As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim ProductCode_qtbl As QueryTable
Dim ProductCode As String
Dim OffsetAmt As String
Dim OffsetAmt_int As Integer
PHB_cnn.Provider = "sqloledb"
PHB_cnn.CursorLocation = adUseClient
PHB_cnn.Open p_PHB_Connect_s 'In Module
.
.
.
For Each c In DataRange_rng
ProductCode = c.Value
ProductCode_qry = "SELECT * FROM vw_ShowPurchaseHistory WHERE ProductCode = '" & ProductCode & "'"
ProductCode_rst.Open ProductCode_qry, PHB_cnn, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic
With ProductCode_rst
OffsetAmt = .RecordCount
If ProductCode_rst.EOF Then
Debug.Print "No Records"
Else
OffsetAmt_int = OffsetAmt_int + (CInt(OffsetAmt) * 2)
With Worksheets("Results")
Set ProductCodes_qtbl = .QueryTables.Add(ProductCode_rst, .Range("A" & OffsetAmt_int))
ProductCodes_qtbl.Refresh
End With
End If
End With
If ProductCode_rst.State = adStateOpen Then ProductCode_rst.Close
Set ProductCode_rst = Nothing
Set ProductCode_qtbl = Nothing
Next c
exit_Show_ProductCode:
If ProductCode_rst.State = adStateOpen Then ProductCode_rst.Close
Set ProductCode_rst = Nothing
Set ProductCode_qtbl = Nothing
Exit Sub
err_Show_ProductCode:
MsgBox Err.Description, vbOKOnly
Resume exit_Show_ProductCode
End Sub
My input data:
My output:
your code is going to be very inefficient as it is executing a SQL statement for each ProductCode. It would be better to loop through these values and build up a SQL IN statement and then, after the loop, execute it once e.g.
...
ProductCode_in = "('productcode1', 'productcode2','productcode3',...., 'productcode_n')"
ProductCode_qry = "SELECT * FROM vw_ShowPurchaseHistory WHERE ProductCode IN '" & ProductCode_in
...
You'll then end up with all your data in Excel with a single header row - which is simple to delete with a VBA statement (sheet.row(1).delete).
Hi all i have this situation in VB for Access.
GenraReport_Click() is the main function called when pressed a botton in the report.
Temp is a table containing some data like this:
Now i created a recordset rs to loop each record of Temp , by the field Item.
And it works , the problem is when i call the function prices that has to do exactley the same thing but on the field price.
The problem comes when i try to call rs!price (or rs![price] i tried both), it tells me that there are no records. I put a movefirst call at the end of the first loop to start again with the new function.
(i tried to do the main loop with price instead of item and it works so it's not the table and not the syntax the problem. What can it be?
Your Do Until loop is likely exceeding the number of records available in recordset, so compiler errors out at 'No Current Record'. Usually, the proper way to loop through a recordset is to set the iteration limit to the Recordset EOF property:
Dim rs As Recordset
Dim s As String, i As Integer
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("temp")
rs.MoveLast
rs.MoveFirst
s = "": i = 1
If rs.RecordCount > 0 Then
Do While Not rs.EOF ' OR Do Until rs.EOF
Select Case i
Case 1
s = CStr(rs!Price)
Case Is < rs.RecordCount
s = s & ", " & CStr(rs!Price)
Case Else
s = s & ", and " & CStr(rs!Price)
End Select
i = i + 1
rs.MoveNext
Loop
End if
rs.close
Set rs = Nothing
I've got a module sub getFileList() that generates a value list that outputs the following:
10347 C;12-0605 TPX;12-0713 tpx;13-0915 tpx;13-4304 tpx;1345 c;1375 c;14-4201 tpx;
I wanted to build a query against this function.
In the SQL view I've got the following:
SELECT getFileList("\\wwdata\dev\_commons\color","*.jpg") as colors;
Right now the value list is all in one record.
Colors
10347 C;12-0605 TPX;12-0713 tpx; etc....
What function/command is available to make this into a list with each delimited item as a record.
Desired output.
Colors
10347 C
12-0605 TPX
12-0713 tpx
13-0915 tpx
13-4304 tpx
1345 c
etc....
Thanks in advance.
For me, personally, I'd prefer to parse that delimited string in to an actual table in Access, and then run whatever query you want off that.
The following assumes there's already an empty table called "tblColors" and a short text field in that table called "Colors", which will be the target for parsing each ";" delimited item in your string into its own record in that table:
Private Sub Command0_Click()
Dim myDelimStr As String
Dim arrayToParse As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim arrayMsg As String
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("tblColors")
myDelimStr = "10347 C;12-0605 TPX;12-0713 tpx;13-0915 tpx;13-4304 tpx;1345 c;1375 c;14-4201 tpx;"
arrayToParse = Split(myDelimStr, ";", -1, vbTextCompare)
For i = 0 To UBound(arrayToParse) - 1
rs.AddNew
rs("Colors").Value = arrayToParse(i)
rs.Update
arrayMsg = arrayMsg & arrayToParse(i) & vbCrLf
Next i
Debug.Print "The array has parsed the following to the Colors table: " & vbCrLf & arrayMsg
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Sub
You'll probably want to set myDelimStr to myDelimStr = getFileList("\\wwdata\dev\_commons\color","*.jpg") too.
I need to export a file on a specific format, currently I just export a query as an excel file:
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel9, "qryReport", "path" & "name.xls"
Wich leads to an excel file like this:
Name,Age,Sex
Bob,47,M
Janet,30,F
William,23,M
With qryReport being a simple select query.
Now I need to export it on a different format, it should be only one record per file, and be like this:
_begin_file_
name=Bob
Age=47
Sex=M
The columns are now rows.
I was thinking about rewriting the query as something like this
Select "name=" & name as "_begin_file_" from clients
Where name = [whatever] UNION ALL
Select "Age=" & age as "_begin_file_" from clients
Where name = [whatever] UNION ALL
Select "Sex=" & sex as "_begin_file_" from clients
Where name = [whatever]
Would them export one record per time.
Is there a better way?
What if you have 50 records , you want to create 50 text files ? That's crazy.
Let create an button click event that might help.Let say you still export to Excel
Private Sub CommandExport_Click()
Dim db As Database
Dim rec1 As Recordset
Dim xlFile As Object
Dim xlWorkBook As Object
Dim xlActiveWkb As Object
Dim xlActiveSheet As Object
Dim Col As Integer
Set db = CurrentDb
Set xlFile = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlWorkBook = xlFile.Workbooks.Add
Set xlActiveWkb = xlFile.Application.ActiveWorkBook
xlFile.Visible = True
xlActiveWkb.Sheets.Add
xlActiveWkb.Worksheets(1).Name = "Test"
Set xlActiveSheet = xlActiveWkb.Worksheets("Test")
Set rec1 = db.OpenRecordset("clients")
rec1.MoveFirst
Col = 1
while not rec1.eof
xlActiveSheet.Cells(1, Col).Value = "_begin__file_"
xlActiveSheet.Cells(2, Col).Value = "Name=" & rec1![Name]
xlActiveSheet.Cells(3, Col).Value = "Age=" & rec1![Age]
xlActiveSheet.Cells(4, Col).Value = "Sex=" & rec1![Sex]
Col =Col +1
rec1.MoveNext
wend
Set xlSheet = Nothing
Set xlWorkBook = Nothing
Set xlActiveWkb = Nothing
rec1.Close
db.Close
Set rec1 = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Sub
Can you please let me know if it is possible to list all fields name in a MS Access table?
I work in ms access far too much.
The only way I know of to do this, would be using vba, and defining for example a recordset, and looping through the fields.
Eg:
Sub ListFields()
dim rst as new adodb.recordset
rst.open "SELECT * FROM SomeTable", CurrentProject.Connection, adOpenForwardOnly, adLockReadOnly
' Note: adOpenForwardOnly and adLockReadOnly are the default values '
' for the CursorType and LockType arguments, so they are optional here '
' and are shown only for completeness '
dim ii as integer
dim ss as string
for ii = 0 to rst.fields.count - 1
ss = ss & "," & rst.fields(ii).name
next ii
Debug.Print ss
End Sub
The string variable ss will contain a comma-delimited list of all the column names in the table named "SomeTable".
With a little reformatting of the logic you should be able to insert this data into another table if you wanted to, then query it out.
Does this help?
This version is easy to run and will paste right into Access. Add this function to a module, run with F5, and copy the result from the inputbox:
Public Function FieldNames() As String
Dim sTable As String
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim n As Long
Dim sResult As String
sTable = InputBox("Name of table?")
If sTable = "" Then
Exit Function
End If
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(sTable)
With rs
For n = 0 To .Fields.Count - 1
sResult = sResult & .Fields(n).Name & vbCrLf
Next 'n
.Close
End With
Set rs = Nothing
InputBox "Result:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
& "Copy this text (it looks jumbled, but it has one field on each line)", _
"FieldNames()", sResult
End Function
Alternative Output:
User user1003916 supplied an alternative to the InputBox to overcome the 1024 character limit (I have not tested this yet):
Sub CopyText(Text As String)
'VBA Macro using late binding to copy text to clipboard.
'By Justin Kay, 8/15/2014
Dim MSForms_DataObject As Object
Set MSForms_DataObject = CreateObject("new:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
MSForms_DataObject.SetText Text
MSForms_DataObject.PutInClipboard
Set MSForms_DataObject = Nothing
End Sub
UPDATE: TO USE THIS SQL QUERY YOU MUST USE A TOOL SUCH AS DBEAVER.
ACCESS CLIENT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO QUERY IT'S HIDDEN STRUCTURES.
YIKES! IMO: I can't imagine wanting to dive into the dark underbelly of VBA
How to get Access Table Columns by SQL
SELECT * FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE TABLE_NAME="YOUR_TABLE_NAME"
AND
TABLE_SCHEMA="PUBLIC"
PS I noticed Access called my Schema "PUBLIC"
Above used an Access 2016 and was tested over ODBC and jdbc:ucanaccess and works like a charm.
Example output
You can simply use the Documenter tool. Go to Database Tools > Database Documenter, select the table and press OK.
This SQL works in Access 2016 for Queries, not Tables, but might be useful.
SELECT MSysObjects.Name AS QueryName,
IIf(IsNull([Name1]),
Right([Expression],Len([Expression])-InStr(1,[Expression],".")),[name1])
AS FieldName
FROM MSysQueries INNER JOIN MSysObjects
ON MSysQueries.ObjectId = MSysObjects.Id
WHERE MSysQueries.Attribute=6;
A quick and dirty method involves Excel. Do the following:
Open the table in Datasheet view.
Export to an Excel file, using the particular procedure for your Access version.
Open Excel file (if not already open).
Select and copy the first row containing the headers.
Add another sheet to the workbook (if none exist).
Click A1.
Paste Special > Transpose
The Fields will be pasted in a single column. To find out their Field Index number, in Cell B1 type "0", then series fill down to the last row of the field numbers.
In addition, you can sort the column alphabetically, especially for legacy flat files involving dozens of fields. This really saves a lot of time when I'm trying to convert a flatfile to a relational model.
There are already some good answers but I decided to add my own twist. Hopefully, they are self-explanatory.
Usage:
getFieldNames(TableName:="Table1",IncludeBrackets:=True,Delimiter:=vbNewLine,CopyToClipboard:=True)
getFieldNames(TableName:="Table1",IncludeBrackets:=True,CopyToClipboard:=True)
getFieldNames(TableName:="Table1",IncludeBrackets:=True)
getFieldNames(TableName:="Table1")
I use this to build an array of field names:
Chr(34) & getFieldNames(TableName:="Table1",IncludeBrackets:=False, Delimiter:= Chr(34) & "," & Chr(34)) & Chr(34)
Function getFieldNames(ByVal TableName As String, Optional ByVal IncludeBrackets As Boolean, Optional ByVal Delimiter As String = ", ", Optional ByVal CopyToClipboard As Boolean) As String
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
On Error Resume Next
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(TableName)
On Error GoTo 0
If rs Is Nothing Then Exit Function
Dim results() As String
ReDim results(rs.Fields.Count - 1)
Dim n As Long
For n = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
results(n) = rs.Fields(n).Name
Next
rs.Close
Dim result As String
If IncludeBrackets Then
result = "[" & Join(results, "]" & Delimiter & "[") & "]"
Else
result = Join(results, Delimiter)
End If
If CopyToClipboard Then
With CreateObject("new:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
.SetText result
.PutInClipboard
End With
End If
getFieldNames = result
End Function
This is not SQL, but this question is the top Google result for someone like me who just needs to list out the field names needed for a query to select since Access does not support "* except foo, bar" for getting 99% of a table.
Answer adapted from a social.msdn.com answer by Patrick Wood, Access MVP
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1fe5546b-db3f-4e17-9bf8-04f4dee233b7/how-to-list-all-the-field-names-in-a-specified-table?forum=accessdev
Change tablename to your name in the module. This Function should be at the global level:
Function ListTdfFields()
' NOT doing DIMs, since then you must enable/attach ADODB or DAO
' Dim db As ADO.Database
Set db = CurrentDb
tablename = "tblProductLicense" ' <=== YOUR TABLE NAME HERE
Set tdf = db.TableDefs(tablename)
For Each fld In tdf.Fields
Debug.Print tablename; ".["; fld.Name; "]," ;
' remove ending ; for 1 line per field
Next
Debug.Print ""
Set tdf = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Function
Then add a macro RunCode ListTdfFields() and run it. Output will be sent to the Immediate window of the VBA design view for the module.
I would like to share this VBA solution, which I did not write, only slightly modified (changed the tableName to use 'SourceTable'). Once it is run you can query the table it creates. It takes advantage of hidden system tables.
Sub GetField2Description()
'************************************************* *********
'Purpose: 1) Deletes and recreates a table (tblFields)
' 2) Queries table MSysObjects to return names of
' all tables in the database
' 3) Populates tblFields
'Coded by: raskew
'Inputs: From debug window:
' Call GetField2Description
'Output: See tblFields
'************************************************* *********
Dim db As DAO.Database, td As TableDef
Dim rs As Recordset, rs2 As Recordset
Dim Test As String, NameHold As String
Dim typehold As String, SizeHold As String
Dim fielddescription As String, tName As String
Dim n As Long, i As Long
Dim fld As Field, strSQL As String
n = 0
Set db = CurrentDb
' Trap for any errors.
On Error Resume Next
tName = "tblFields"
'Does table "tblFields" exist? If true, delete it;
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
DoCmd.DeleteObject acTable, "tblFields"
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
'End If
'Create new tblTable
db.Execute "CREATE TABLE tblFields(Object TEXT (55), FieldName TEXT (55), FieldType TEXT (20), FieldSize Long, FieldAttributes Long, FldDescription TEXT (20));"
strSQL = "SELECT MSysObjects.Name, MSysObjects.Type From MsysObjects WHERE"
strSQL = strSQL + "((MSysObjects.Type)=1)"
strSQL = strSQL + "ORDER BY MSysObjects.Name;"
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(strSQL)
If Not rs.BOF Then
' Get number of records in recordset
rs.MoveLast
n = rs.RecordCount
rs.MoveFirst
End If
Set rs2 = db.OpenRecordset("tblFields")
For i = 0 To n - 1
fielddescription = " "
Set td = db.TableDefs(i)
'Skip over any MSys objects
If Left(rs!Name, 4) <> "MSys" And Left(rs!Name, 1) <> "~" Then
NameHold = rs!Name
On Error Resume Next
For Each fld In td.Fields
tableName = fld.SourceTable
fielddescription = fld.Name
typehold = FieldType(fld.Type)
SizeHold = fld.Size
rs2.AddNew
rs2!Object = tableName
rs2!FieldName = fielddescription
rs2!FieldType = typehold
rs2!FieldSize = SizeHold
rs2!FieldAttributes = fld.Attributes
rs2!FldDescription = fld.Properties("description")
rs2.Update
Next fld
Resume Next
End If
rs.MoveNext
Next i
rs.Close
rs2.Close
db.Close
End Sub
Function FieldType(intType As Integer) As String
Select Case intType
Case dbBoolean
FieldType = "dbBoolean" '1
Case dbByte
FieldType = "dbByte" '2
Case dbInteger
FieldType = "dbInteger" '3
Case dbLong
FieldType = "dbLong" '4
Case dbCurrency
FieldType = "dbCurrency" '5
Case dbSingle
FieldType = "dbSingle" '6
Case dbDouble
FieldType = "dbDouble" '7
Case dbDate
FieldType = "dbDate" '8
Case dbBinary
FieldType = "dbBinary" '9
Case dbText
FieldType = "dbText" '10
Case dbLongBinary
FieldType = "dbLongBinary" '11
Case dbMemo
FieldType = "dbMemo" '12
Case dbGUID
FieldType = "dbGUID" '15
End Select
End Function
Build query:
SELECT Table_Name.*
FROM Table_Name
WHERE False;
Export to Excel
You will have each field name in one row without any data. If you select the row and copy, you can paste special>transpose and have them all in a single column.
I came here searching for the same requirement and after refering to this thread, drafted below code for my requirement. The Field names form the source table will be added to an array and later the Field names are assigned to the second table. Just sharing it here, this migh help someone later..
Public Sub FieldName_Change()
Dim intNumberOfFields, intX As Integer
Dim txtTableName,txttmpTableName txtFieldName() As String
intNumberOfFields = GetFieldNames(txtTableName, txtFieldName())
For intX = 1 To intNumberOfFields
CurrentDb.TableDefs(txttmpTableName).Fields("F" & intX).Name = txtFieldName(intX)
Next intX
End Sub
Public Function GetFieldNames(ByVal txtTableName As String, ByRef txtFiledName() As String) As Integer
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim n As Long
Dim sResult As String
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(txtTableName)
ReDim txtFiledName(rs.Fields.Count)
With rs
For n = 0 To .Fields.Count - 1
txtFiledName(n + 1) = .Fields(n).Name
Next n
.Close
GetFieldNames = n
End With
Set rs = Nothing
End Function
Not sure why no-one came up with the following, I had the same issue and none of the above answers either worked or were suitable (No VB,thank you).
This is simple Java (error checking etc omitted)
String query="SELECT TOP 1 * FROM mytable";
ResultSet rs=connectionSQL.createStatement().executeQuery(query);
ResultSetMetaData rsm=rs.getMetaData();
int colcount=rsm.getColumnCount();
for(int f=1; f<=colcount; f++) {
String coltype=rsm.getColumnTypeName(f);
String colname=rsm.getColumnName(f);
.... (whatever)
}
So there's your columNames and the data types.
Works like a charm in MSACCESS
Seems like this task was easier in older days. Likely this answer is highly version-dependent. It works for me in a quick test against an Access 2007 DB:
select
Specs.SpecName AS TableName,
Columns.FieldName
from
MSysIMEXColumns Columns
inner join MSysIMEXSpecs Specs on Specs.SpecID = Columns.SpecID
order by
Specs.SpecName,
Columns.FieldName
Give this a go...
private void Button_OldDDLDump_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string _cnstr = "connectionstringhere";
OleDbConnection _cn = new OleDbConnection(_cnstr);
try
{
_cn.Open();
System.Data.DataTable _dt = null;
try
{
_dt = _cn.GetSchema("tables");
m_msghelper.AppendArray( DataTableHelper.DataTableToString(_dt) );
}
catch (Exception _ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
_dt.Dispose();
}
}
catch (Exception _ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
_cn.Close();
}
}
Helper method to dump the database structure to a string array here..
public static class DataTableHelper
{
public static string[] DataTableToString( System.Data.DataTable dt )
{
List<string> _retval = new List<string>();
foreach (System.Data.DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
foreach (System.Data.DataColumn col in dt.Columns)
{
_retval.Add( string.Format("{0} = {1}", col.ColumnName, row[col]) );
}
_retval.Add( "============================");
}
return _retval.ToArray();
}
}
select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_name='table'