Is it possible to execute a query independant of a worksheet? For
example to run a query that will return data to a variable?


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Yes. Look at ADO: this can be used in a macro without any worksheet
involvement.
I'm assuming you mean *database* query (not web query)





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Is it possible to execute a query independant of a worksheet? For
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Tim's right, ADO is the way to go. Check out:

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/...ad.php?t=59811

Shows how to return an ADO dataset independent of any other object.

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Is it possible to execute a query independant of a worksheet? For
example to run a query that will return data to a variable?


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Cool, thanks for that. I'll look into it.

Basically I'm using excel to query an old dos database and the data
returned is too big to fit into a worksheet. I'm hoping to return the
data to a variable so I can sort it into seperate tables.


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