You just need a connection string appropriate to your database, see
http://www.carlprothman.net/Default.aspx?tabid=81

What exactly do you mean by the second part?

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Chinx21" . wrote in message
...
thanks bob! but I have no Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 and one more thing do i
have to add an active x control (im reffering to ADO). pls. reply. thanks
again.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Using ADO.

Here are some examples using an Access database

Sub AddData()
Dim oConn As Object
Dim oRS As Object
Dim sSQL As String

Set oConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & "c:\bob.mdb"

sSQL = "INSERT INTO Contacts (FirstName, LastName,Phone, Notes) " & _
" VALUES ('Bob','Phillips','01202 345678','me')"
oConn.Execute sSQL

oConn.Close
Set oConn = Nothing
End Sub

Sub GetData()
Const adOpenForwardOnly As Long = 0
Const adLockReadOnly As Long = 1
Const adCmdText As Long = 1
Dim oRS As Object
Dim sConnect As String
Dim sSQL As String
Dim ary

sConnect = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & "c:\bob.mdb"

sSQL = "SELECT * From Contacts"
Set oRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
oRS.Open sSQL, sConnect, adOpenForwardOnly, _
adLockReadOnly, adCmdText

' Check to make sure we received data.
If Not oRS.EOF Then
ary = oRS.getrows
MsgBox ary(0, 0) & " " & ary(1, 0) & ", " & ary(2, 0)
Else
MsgBox "No records returned.", vbCritical
End If

oRS.Close
Set oRS = Nothing
End Sub

Sub UpdateData()
Const adOpenForwardOnly As Long = 0
Const adLockReadOnly As Long = 1
Const adCmdText As Long = 1
Dim oConn As Object
Dim oRS As Object
Dim sConnect As String
Dim sSQL As String
Dim ary

sConnect = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & "c:\bob.mdb"

sSQL = "SELECT * From Contacts"
Set oRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
oRS.Open sSQL, sConnect, adOpenForwardOnly, _
adLockReadOnly, adCmdText

' Check to make sure we received data.
If oRS.EOF Then
MsgBox "No records returned.", vbCritical
Else
sSQL = "UPDATE Contacts " & _
" SET Phone = 'None' " & _
"WHERE FirstName = 'Bob' AND LastNAme = 'Phillips'"
oRS.ActiveConnection.Execute sSQL

sSQL = "SELECT * From Contacts"
oRS.ActiveConnection.Execute sSQL
ary = oRS.getrows
MsgBox ary(0, 0) & " " & ary(1, 0) & ", " & ary(2, 0)
End If


oRS.Close
Set oRS = Nothing
End Sub
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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"Chinx21" . wrote in message
...
Hello! I'm ate ease using SQL statements to manipulate data in a
database.
But my problem is how can I use it in Excel. Pls. I need everyone's
help
so
badly!