Creating ODBC link within SELECT statement

Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup. Is
their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me to
bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
Thanks.
Hi Preacher Man,
You've cross-posted this to a bunch of newsgroups, some of which, for
example microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql, don't even apply to your
question. What you haven't done is post to a relevant Excel newsgroup. Try
posting this question (and your other one) there.
Someone will probably tell you that you can use a connection string or a
DSN-less connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q165866/ . (GoogleGroups helped me find
that.)
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@.msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
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> Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
> Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
> anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup.
> Is their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me
> to bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
> Thanks.
>

Creating ODBC link within SELECT statement

Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup. Is
their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me to
bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
Thanks.
Hi Preacher Man,
You've cross-posted this to a bunch of newsgroups, some of which, for
example microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql, don't even apply to your
question. What you haven't done is post to a relevant Excel newsgroup. Try
posting this question (and your other one) there.
Someone will probably tell you that you can use a connection string or a
DSN-less connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q165866/ . (GoogleGroups helped me find
that.)
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@.msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
news:uFEmV7eJGHA.3936@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
> Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
> anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup.
> Is their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me
> to bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
> Thanks.
>

Creating ODBC link within SELECT statement

Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup. Is
their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me to
bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
Thanks.
Hi Preacher Man,
You've cross-posted this to a bunch of newsgroups, some of which, for
example microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql, don't even apply to your
question. What you haven't done is post to a relevant Excel newsgroup. Try
posting this question (and your other one) there.
Someone will probably tell you that you can use a connection string or a
DSN-less connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q165866/ . (GoogleGroups helped me find
that.)
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@.msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
news:uFEmV7eJGHA.3936@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
> Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
> anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup.
> Is their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me
> to bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
> Thanks.
>

Creating ODBC link within SELECT statement

Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup. Is
their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me to
bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
Thanks.Hi Preacher Man,
You've cross-posted this to a bunch of newsgroups, some of which, for
example microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql, don't even apply to your
question. What you haven't done is post to a relevant Excel newsgroup. Try
posting this question (and your other one) there.
Someone will probably tell you that you can use a connection string or a
DSN-less connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q165866/ . (GoogleGroups helped me find
that.)
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@.msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
news:uFEmV7eJGHA.3936@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
> Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
> anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup.
> Is their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me
> to bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
> Thanks.
>

Creating ODBC link within SELECT statement

Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup. Is
their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me to
bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
Thanks.Hi Preacher Man,
You've cross-posted this to a bunch of newsgroups, some of which, for
example microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql, don't even apply to your
question. What you haven't done is post to a relevant Excel newsgroup. Try
posting this question (and your other one) there.
Someone will probably tell you that you can use a connection string or a
DSN-less connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q165866/ . (GoogleGroups helped me find
that.)
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@.msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
news:uFEmV7eJGHA.3936@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is this possible. To explain myself, here is my situation. I created an
> Excel Spreadsheet that uses an ODBC link to a SQL database. In order for
> anyone to use this file on their PC, that same ODBC link must be setup.
> Is their some code I can use within a Select Statement that will allow me
> to bypass having to create an ODBC on everyone's PC?
> Thanks.
>