Issues connecting to MSSQL through VBA - vba

Question

I'm having some trouble connecting to an MSSQL Server through VBA Below is my code that is having trouble
Set con = New ADODB.Connection
Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
con.Provider = "sqloledb"
sConnectionString = "Server=SQLServer;Database=DBName;UID=sa;Pwd=NiceTry"
con.Open sConnectionString
'Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim tempSheet As String
tempSheet = "IgnoreMe"
'See if there is already an "IgnoreMe" Sheet, create it if not.
Dim wsSheet As Worksheet
On Error Resume Next
Set wsSheet = Sheets("IgnoreMe")
On Error GoTo 0
If Not wsSheet Is Nothing Then
'Sheet exists, don't recreate it.
Else
Sheets.Add.Name = tempSheet
End If
Set sh = Worksheets("IgnoreMe")
' Clean up the sheet's contents
sh.UsedRange.Clear
' Now get the table's data
rs.Open "SELECT JobHeaderID, Job, ProofApproved, SleeveLabel, MasterLabel" & _
" FROM JobHeader " & _
" WHERE Job IN ('665511', '671259', '671259-1')", con
End Sub
This is just the part to download the information. I have other code to read through the recordset. On the rs.Open line I always get an Automation Error I can't figure out what problem it's hitting. Any ideas on what it's hitting?
I'm trying to follow http://webcheatsheet.com/ASP/database_connection_to_MSSQL.php the piece without DSN

Answer 1

Found a very straightforward example here
Here is my working code sanitized
Sub IterateColE()
' Clean up the destination sheet's contents
Sheets("IgnoreMe").UsedRange.Clear
'We're going to iterate through column E until we hit a blank/empty cell.
For Each currCell In Worksheets("Main").Range("E:E").Cells()
'Oh! and we dont want to get the header row
If currCell.Row 1 Then
If (currCell.Text "") And (currCell.Text vbNullString) Then
'Get values for job in currCell and place in the matching row on IgnoreMe
getValues currCell.Value, currCell.Row
Else
'Well, seems we've hit a blank cell, stop processing
Exit For
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
'Gets the needed values for the job and places them in "IgnoreMe" sheet on specified row. They can then be referenced like "=IgnoreMe!C3"
Sub getValues(job As String, destinationRow As Integer)
Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim sConnString As String
' Create the connection string.
sConnString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=SQLServer;" & _
"Initial Catalog=InitialTableName;" & _
"UID=DBUsername;Pwd=Nicetry;"
' Create the Connection and Recordset objects.
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
' Open the connection and execute.
conn.Open sConnString
Set rs = conn.Execute("SELECT JobHeaderID, Job, DataProofApproved, SleevePackLabel, MasterLabel" & _
" FROM JobHeader " & _
" WHERE Job='" & job & "'")
' Check we have data.
If Not rs.EOF Then
' Transfer result.
Sheets("IgnoreMe").Range("A" & destinationRow).CopyFromRecordset rs
' Close the recordset
rs.Close
Else
MsgBox "Error: No records returned.", vbCritical
End If
' Clean up
If CBool(conn.State And adStateOpen) Then conn.Close
Set conn = Nothing
Set rs = Nothing
End Sub
'Close out your connection when you close the workbook. Locked database tables are annoying
Private Sub Workbook_Deactivate()
If Not (con Is Nothing) Then
con.Close
Set con = Nothing
End If
End Sub