Bill, I modified your code slightly to suit and when I run
it I get an error "Invalid procedure call or argument" at
the first 'With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add' line.

I got the connection string from the existing query
so I expect it is correct.

Any ideas on what is wrong?

Seamus

"Bill Pfister" wrote in message
...
Using VBA, you can craft your SQL statement to contain whatever parameters
you need. In the following example, I'm pointing to a local Access
database,
you would only have to modify the details (driver, etc.) in the connect
string to point to Oracle or another DBMS.


Sub AccessQueryData1()
Dim strFilename As String
Dim strSQL As String
Dim strConn As String
Dim strSeparator As String

strSeparator = Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10)

strFilename = "D:\Data\Test.mdb"
strConn = "ODBC;DSN=0_ptd_test1;DBQ=" & strFilename &
";DriverId=25;FIL=MS Access;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;"


strSQL = "SELECT Category.Name" & strSeparator & _
"FROM `" & strFilename & "`.Category Category " & strSeparator
& _
"WHERE Category.Name < 'Administrative' "


' Focus on only the parameter
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=strConn,
Destination:=Range("C6"))
.CommandText = Array(strSQL)
End With

' All the other parameters
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=strConn,
Destination:=Range("C6"))
.CommandText = Array(strSQL)
.FieldNames = True
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = True
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.BackgroundQuery = True
.RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
.SavePassword = False
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.PreserveColumnInfo = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
Range("E11").Select
End Sub