Hi,

I have a problem i have a select statement which is about 20 od
lines and i'm trying to retrive data from the database but the proble
is that it gives me a error. can anyone tell me how to link a multilin
select statement into one in VB.

thank

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If it is more than 255 characters in length, you need to break the parts of
it into an array. Use the macro recorder to do an msquery query (Data=Get
External Data) using a similar long query string and you will see how the
array is constructed.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"madhan " wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a problem i have a select statement which is about 20 odd
lines and i'm trying to retrive data from the database but the problem
is that it gives me a error. can anyone tell me how to link a multiline
select statement into one in VB.

thanks


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Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/

A SQL statement is a single string. If it has contains line breaks
then these will be for ease of reading by a human. If you are putting
line breaks into code to make it easier to read, ensure you include
spaces between words e.g.

strSql = "SELECT Col1, Col2" & _
"FROM MyTable" ' <-error

strSql = "SELECT Col1, Col2" & _
" FROM MyTable" ' <-correct

If by multi-line you mean 20 SQL statements e.g. separated by
semicolons, you will need to send each statement one by one, but you
could do this in a batch so the RDBMS can optimize execution.

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madhan wrote in message ...
Hi,

I have a problem i have a select statement which is about 20 odd
lines and i'm trying to retrive data from the database but the problem
is that it gives me a error. can anyone tell me how to link a multiline
select statement into one in VB.

thanks


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Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/

Tom is correct about the break apart.
Two solutions I have found helpful...
Put sections of Query string into a Dim Qry_1, Qry_2 AS
String variable... The add/concatenate the two strings
together when building the query statement...

The second thing to do is put the concatenated String
value into a Cell comment. The you can look at it and
debug it ...





-----Original Message-----
If it is more than 255 characters in length, you need to
break the parts of
it into an array. Use the macro recorder to do an
msquery query (Data=Get
External Data) using a similar long query string and you
will see how the
array is constructed.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"madhan " wrote
in message
...
Hi,

I have a problem i have a select statement which is
about 20 odd
lines and i'm trying to retrive data from the database
but the problem
is that it gives me a error. can anyone tell me how to
link a multiline
select statement into one in VB.

thanks


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