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Excel : Make A Query On A Oracle Database And Return The Result (useful For Sheet Formulas)

09.10.2007

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        // This should be pasted in a module of the workbook

Function ORAQUERY(strHost As String, strDatabase As String, strSQL As String, strUser As String, strPassword As String)
  Dim strConOracle, oConOracle, oRsOracle
  Dim StrResult As String
  
  StrResult = ""
  
  strConOracle = "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle}; " & _
         "CONNECTSTRING=(DESCRIPTION=" & _
         "(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)" & _
         "(HOST=" & strHost & ")(PORT=1521))" & _
         "(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=" & strDatabase & "))); uid=" & strUser & " ;pwd=" & strPassword & ";"
  Set oConOracle = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  Set oRsOracle = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
  oConOracle.Open strConOracle
  Set oRsOracle = oConOracle.Execute(strSQL)
  Do While Not oRsOracle.EOF
      If StrResult <> "" Then
        StrResult = StrResult & Chr(10) & oRsOracle.Fields(0).Value
      Else
        StrResult = oRsOracle.Fields(0).Value
      End If
    oRsOracle.MoveNext
  Loop
  oConOracle.Close
  Set oRsOracle = Nothing
  Set oConOracle = Nothing
  ORAQUERY = StrResult
End Function

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