Hi, I am writting a excel form that is hopefully going to connect to a sql
database. However i have run into an interesting problem. I haven;t actually
figured out how exactly to do it yet, but that should be easy since there is
an abundance of good posts on the subject. One thing I am concererned about
however is that the computer at work which i must run the form off is
running Win2k server with functional , but incolmplet version of Excel 2K.
When it was installed they didn't include unnecessary files such as vba help
and perhaps more importantlyThe access referenc files and such. I don't know
exactly how much of the install is actually there. The reason in know this
is because i can't quere a database using the "Get External Data" command.
It says that the necessary files were not installed.

Anyways, my question is this: Will i still be able to connect to the sql
databse under VBA? If I can't is it possible to include the needed files
with my .xls for it to connect?

I'm very new to this database connection stuff and i don't want to get far
just to be stopped by something small. Any Help would be great. Thanks alot

Dan Butler