Hi All,

I am a newbie in Access.
Using Access VBA, I am trying to create a Pass Through Query to connect to the Sybase Server so that I can show the user what the recordset looks like. I am having trouble creating the Connect String in the code.

I cannot create a DSN As then it will be machine dependent...in the sense every user who accesses the database(access) has to create a DSN in their own machine.

I created a DSN Less Connection using ADO to Connect to Sybase Server and I am able to read the records as follows:
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Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim sql, constr, str As String

Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
constr = "Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};NA=<x.x.x.x,portnumber>;Uid=USER;Pwd=PASS; "
conn.ConnectionString = constr
conn.Open

sql = "select column1, column2 from Table1";

Set rs = conn.Execute(sql)

While Not rs.EOF
  Debug.Print rs.Fields(0) & rs.fields(1)
  rs.MoveNext
Wend

    ' Cleanup
rs.Close
conn.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set conn = Nothing
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The Above Code is working when creating a DSN Less Connection using ADO and fetching the recordset.

I want to create a pass though query so that I can open the query and execute it and display data to user.
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Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim qry As DAO.QueryDef
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim sql as string

On Error GoTo errBlock

Set db = CurrentDb

sql = "select column1,column2 from table1"

Set qry = db.CreateQueryDef("qryTemp", sql)

qry.Connect = "ODBC;Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};NA=<x.x.x.x,portnumber>;UID=user;PWD=pass"

qry.sql = sql
qry.ReturnsRecords = True
Set rs = qry.OpenRecordset(dbOpenSnapshot)

MsgBox rs.RecordCount
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qryTemp"
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I am getting the error "Invalid connection String" when the qry.connect is executed.

Am I missing something here?

NOTE: I do not(should not) have any DSN created in my machine.

Please advise.

regards
mustang123

Hi,

   DAO is for Jet databases only. Why don't you use the ADO code in the previous section? In the DAO section, your DB is Current, and I don't think this will work with a remote database. Am I missing something that requires the change in the code? Anyway, DAO won't work. Is ADO not working?

   Normally I would create a View (in SQL Server) on the DBMS, and then just take the data from the server-side query since it is optimized by the server, and keeps record searching down on the server and data volume down on the wire. Can you do that? You can then pass parameters to that server-side query/view.

Did any of that help?

mmcdonal

Also, you can add a module to create the DSN if it is not found on the machine, so the database supports itself. I can post code to show you how to check for it, and if not found, install it.



mmcdonal