Great, I'm glad you understood my succinct response.

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Bob Phillips
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"Richard Mogy" wrote in message
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Thank you very much for your input -- it's exactly what I needed.
"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Dim con1 As Object
Dim oRS as Object

Set con1 = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set oRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

etc.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
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"Richard Mogy" wrote in message
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I use both Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications. In VB I
have
a
component (Microsoft ADO Control) that can activate and then dim

dim con1 as ADODB.connection

and then select data from my SQL database.

In VBA, there isn't a "Components" selection, only "References". Yet
through various posting on these sites I have seen VBA (Excel) code
that
creates the same dim reference.

How do I get VBA to recognize the Microsoft ADO Control?