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SQL Select string
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I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _
"WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode & "';" -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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That would give me the contents of columns LastName and KeyCode with filters
myName and myCode. I am just reading the first row of multiple Excel wbooks. This is to establish data patterns. Column names are random and specific names (if they are there) can be in any column order. Wbook1 keycode Source Title Wbook2 List code Honorific Forename Surname keycode etc etc Geoff "Bob Phillips" wrote: szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode & "';" -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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So the WHERE clause should read something like:
WHERE fieldname = Last Name, Keycode, First Name and the other specific headers I am looking for. Is this possible working with lists in .xls wbooks? Geoff "Geoff" wrote: That would give me the contents of columns LastName and KeyCode with filters myName and myCode. I am just reading the first row of multiple Excel wbooks. This is to establish data patterns. Column names are random and specific names (if they are there) can be in any column order. Wbook1 keycode Source Title Wbook2 List code Honorific Forename Surname keycode etc etc Geoff "Bob Phillips" wrote: szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode & "';" -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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An xls list can be treated as just another table, and queried the same way.
For this, we need to have headers in row, and this is the column names for the SQL query. You can query that table, using WHERE clauses against those column names. You must specify each column to qualify (WHERE) with the value to be retrieved. To go back to my original szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode We have column names (headings) of LastName and KeyCode, this must be exact match. myName and myCode are the variables that you wish to restrict the query to. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... So the WHERE clause should read something like: WHERE fieldname = Last Name, Keycode, First Name and the other specific headers I am looking for. Is this possible working with lists in .xls wbooks? Geoff "Geoff" wrote: That would give me the contents of columns LastName and KeyCode with filters myName and myCode. I am just reading the first row of multiple Excel wbooks. This is to establish data patterns. Column names are random and specific names (if they are there) can be in any column order. Wbook1 keycode Source Title Wbook2 List code Honorific Forename Surname keycode etc etc Geoff "Bob Phillips" wrote: szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode & "';" -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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I appreciate the explanation however I am only looking for headers, not data
under the headers. If I understand correctly, the clause WHERE LastName = myname would look in the column LastName for whatever value has been assigned to "myname". That is not necessary here, I only want to get specific headers. Whilst I can get the whole header row using ADO for speed, it would be even better if I can just pull the specific header names (if they exist). If the last appears strange then you only have to consider how many different ways there are of categorising the name "Bob", it can be First Name, Christian Name, ForeName, ForeName(s) for example. A shortened example of the headers extracted from individual wbooks with ADO are shown Subscription ID Delegate ID Order Type etc List code Honorific Forename etc URN HONORIFIC INITIALS Subscription ID Delegate ID Order Type keycode Source Title Order Date Name Title Christian Surname JobTitle URN HONORIFIC INITIALS FORENAME The purpose of doing a first row extraction using ADO is a fast prelim search to find wbooks with similar patterns of headers. Next stage is to sort the wbooks into groups and then present them to an existing form for data filtering. Doing it in groups, rather than singly, minimises user input to the form and potentially saves a great deal of time. Despite a lot of experiments I am unable to work out the syntax of the Query. I have modified the SELECT * part ot the query and also tried WHERE rs.fields(x).Name LIKE whatever But nothing works. I would really appreciate if it can be solved and apologise if I have misunderstood your comments. Geoff "Bob Phillips" wrote: An xls list can be treated as just another table, and queried the same way. For this, we need to have headers in row, and this is the column names for the SQL query. You can query that table, using WHERE clauses against those column names. You must specify each column to qualify (WHERE) with the value to be retrieved. To go back to my original szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode We have column names (headings) of LastName and KeyCode, this must be exact match. myName and myCode are the variables that you wish to restrict the query to. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... So the WHERE clause should read something like: WHERE fieldname = Last Name, Keycode, First Name and the other specific headers I am looking for. Is this possible working with lists in .xls wbooks? Geoff "Geoff" wrote: That would give me the contents of columns LastName and KeyCode with filters myName and myCode. I am just reading the first row of multiple Excel wbooks. This is to establish data patterns. Column names are random and specific names (if they are there) can be in any column order. Wbook1 keycode Source Title Wbook2 List code Honorific Forename Surname keycode etc etc Geoff "Bob Phillips" wrote: szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "] " & _ "WHERE LastName = '" & myName & "' AND KeyCode = '" & myCode & "';" -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi I use ADO to get the first row of data from multiple unopened wbooks. This string gets the contents of every cell in row 1 given that SourceSheet = "Sheet1" and SourceRange = "A1:IV1" szSQL = "SELECT * FROM [" & SourceSheet$ & "$" & SourceRange$ & "];" Instead of all the row how can I write a string to result in specific names eg Last Name, Keycode, Company etc? T.I.A. Geoff |
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