Refreshing a pivot table created in Excel Vba (ADODB Connection) - sql

I can successfully create a pivot table in excel vba 2010 with the following code where the data come from an MS access database,
Dim con As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
con.Open "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=H:\SQL.accdb"
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM Table1", con, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Set piv = ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Create(xlExternal)
Set piv.Recordset = rs
piv.CreatePivotTable TableDestination:=Range("A1"), TableName:="P2"
con.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
But i when i change the SQL code of the recordset then the pivot can't be refreshed. In fact the pivot table has to be deleted and created over. Is there a way i can create a pivot table this way and refresh the data without deleting the pivot table.

The above answer was not quite what i was look for as different users would query from the database and will be using parameters as well, which could cause problems when multiple users query at the same time. But i did found a way to around my problem.
The code i placed above in my question, I can use to initially create my pivot and pull all the data through. I then build a separate Sub that can refresh the pivot table that looks as follows,
Dim con As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
con.Open "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=H:\SQL.accdb"
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM Table1", con, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
With Sheets(1).PivotTables("P2").PivotCache
Set .Recordset = rs
.Refresh
End With
Set rs = Nothing
con.Close
Set con = Nothing

A quick-fix, depending on how you usually update the SQL code, is as follows.
In ACCESS , create a query, using SQL mode as
SELECT * FROM Table1 and save it as Query1
In EXCEL, modify your code to SELECT * FROM Query1
That way, Excel will treat Query1 as a Table for all practical purposes and you may make Query1 in Access as complicated as you'd like, Excel will still pull up all its contents, keeping your code reusable.

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I searched a lot for a solution and found out, that this will work for me:
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The request for procedure 'MyTable' failed because 'MyTable' is a table object.
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VBA to run specific queries

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http://www.experts-exchange.com/Database/MS_Access/Q_28284655.html
This will execute every query name that is in your table. It fills a recordset with the query names and then loops through and executes each one.
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Table '#temptable' does not exist when executing drop table [#temptable] from code behind

I'm using a bulkcopy to a temp table that then will be used to MERGE to the main table. All is working but when I try dropping my temp table, I get an error saying 'Table '#temptable' does not exist'
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'map columns
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"using #tbltemp as Source " & _
"on " & _
"(Target.ID = Source.ID) " & _
"when not matched then " & _
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Like I said, everything seems to be working except for dropping the table. Does this means that temp table has been dropped automatically?
I tried running some tests and searched around but no luck.
cmd is the OleDbcommand associated with you excelconnection and not a SqlCommand associated with your Database connection.
Incidently, I use this technique all the time and you can also create the temporary table as...
Select Top 0 * Into #tbltemp From dbo.Main
This save on defining the columns in a static create table statement.
Also if you are working with temp tables a lot within the same connection then you can check it exists and drop it using...
If Object_Id('TempDB..#tbltemp') Is Not Null Drop Table #tbltemp
SQL Server will automatically drop temp tables when the connection closes, so there isn't actually any need for you to do this.
Not sure why it is failing on the drop part though. You might not have the right permissions.