Accessing SQL Database in Excel-VBA

Question

I am copying an VBA code snippet from MSDN that shows me how to grab results from a SQL query into excel sheet (Excel 2007):

Sub GetDataFromADO()

    'Declare variables'
        Set objMyConn = New ADODB.Connection
        Set objMyCmd = New ADODB.Command
        Set objMyRecordset = New ADODB.Recordset

    'Open Connection'
        objMyConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=localhost;User ID=abc;Password=abc;"
        objMyConn.Open

    'Set and Excecute SQL Command'
        Set objMyCmd.ActiveConnection = objMyConn
        objMyCmd.CommandText = "select * from myTable"
        objMyCmd.CommandType = adCmdText
        objMyCmd.Execute

    'Open Recordset'
        Set objMyRecordset.ActiveConnection = objMyConn
        objMyRecordset.Open objMyCmd

    'Copy Data to Excel'
        ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset (objMyRecordset)

End Sub

I have already added Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library under as a reference. And this database is accessible.

Now, when I run this subroutine, it has an error:

Run-time error 3704: Operation is not allowed when object is closed.

On the statement:

ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset (objMyRecordset)

Any idea why?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I've added the Initial Catalog to your connection string. I've also abandonded the ADODB.Command syntax in favor of simply creating my own SQL statement and open the recordset on that variable.

Hope this helps.

Sub GetDataFromADO()
    'Declare variables'
        Set objMyConn = New ADODB.Connection
        Set objMyRecordset = New ADODB.Recordset
        Dim strSQL As String

    'Open Connection'
        objMyConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;User ID=abc;Password=abc;"
        objMyConn.Open

    'Set and Excecute SQL Command'
        strSQL = "select * from myTable"

    'Open Recordset'
        Set objMyRecordset.ActiveConnection = objMyConn
        objMyRecordset.Open strSQL            

    'Copy Data to Excel'
        ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset (objMyRecordset)

End Sub