I have searched on here and google but I still cannot solve my issue. I am trying to use an excel's named range equivalently in my .vbs
file. The below works in VBA in excel but I cannot get it to work in a *.vbs
file.
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1).Range("A1:B" & Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row).Name = "DATA"
strSql = "SELECT * FROM DATA"
So, I have tried different variations of referencing to my named range DATA
with no luck.
This is what I have now:
Set rng = ws.Range("A1:B2")
rng = "DATA"
strSql = "SELECT * FROM DATA"
Some different variations involved: taking parameter ByVal, using rng instead of DATA (string type), SELECT * FROM " & rng, etc..
The error msg when running:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8 Copyright (C) Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\UpdateSourceTbl.vbs(119, 5) Microsoft
JET Databas e Engine: The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find
the object 'DATA'. M ake sure the object exists and that you spell
its name and the path name correctly.
Any help greatly appreciated!
TEMPORARY SOLUTION:
I used 2 parameters with row numbers, may not be the best solution - but it works! and i cant see nothing wrong with it to be fair
Call createAndInsertRecordSet(wb.FullName, ws.Name, i+1, j-1)
Sub CreateAndInsertRecordSet(ByVal fullname, ByVal wsName, ByVal stRow, byVal enRow )
strSql = "SELECT * FROM [" & wsName & "$B" & stRow & ":AX" & enRow & "]"
EDIT:
Please change the line
ws.Range("B2:AX2") = "MyRange"
with
activeworkbook.Names.Add Name:="myRange", RefersTo:="B2:AX2"
I think that will properly create the name DATA.
Unfortunately it still may not work without SAVING THE WORKBOOK as JET OLE DB Provider/DB Engine works on a file on Disk, not in memory
Here I think you may need to dynamically create a Schema.ini file to define the columns you want.
Remember that JET expects to see data in columns, so if there are columns to be skipped, then perhaps they need to be defined in a Schema file even if it means you have to dynamically write the schema at runtime
Another point here, the error you are geeting can be checked/debugged by running the query using MS Query in MS Excel to see if the JET DB Engine can see the DATA range
you need to read up on how to access Excel data use ADO/OLE DB
first, to find out how to reference your DATA named range, open MS Query in Excel and query the sheet
see this site: Use MS Query to Treat Excel As a Relational Data Source
see the below links:
- MSDN KB: How To Use ADO with Excel Data from Visual Basic or VBA
- Treat Excel As a Relational Data Source on the Excel User MVP website
- Office Space: Using ADO to Query an Excel Spreadsheet
remember, what works in Excel VBA inside Excel's VB Editor will not work the same way in VBScript as there is no Type declaration, and no Intellisense.
Work can be unpredictable and sometimes we have to go back and modify, fix, reuse code from a while ago. It happened today. I have gone back and reproduced my code and got it working the first time. I must have been doing something wrong when I posted this question, looking at the wrong lines or procedures or something strange. The below code runs perfectly.
it:
- opens a workbook
- establishes a connection with the workbook to retrieve data in a recordset
- opens up a connection to a database and executes a sample insert statment
After running the code I have checked the Temporary databases, the values have been inserted, so I can confirm this is my working solution to the problem originally raised.
Option Explicit
Private Const adUseClient = 3
Dim xl, wb, ws, fPath, rng
fPath = "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Book1.xlsm"
Call OpenFile()
Call InsertRecordset()
Call CloseFile()
Private Sub OpenFile()
Set xl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
xl.Visible = False
Set wb = xl.Workbooks.Open(fPath)
Set ws = wb.Sheets(1)
End Sub
Private Sub CloseFile()
wb.Saved = True
wb.Close
xl.Quit
Set wb = Nothing
Set xl = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub InsertRecordset()
strCon = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & wb.fullname & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=NO;IMEX=1"";"
Dim cn, rs, strCon, strSql, cn2
ws.Range("A1:B2").Name = "DATA"
strSql = "SELECT * FROM DATA"
Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
cn.Open strCon
rs.Open strSql, cn
Set cn2 = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
With cn2
.CursorLocation = adUseClient
.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=HELIUM\PRI; Database=TEMPORARY; UID=admin; PWD=password"
.CommandTimeout = 0
rs.MoveFirst
Do While Not rs.EOF
.Execute "INSERT INTO TEMPORARY.dbo.TEMP_TABLE ( [TEMP_COLUMN] ) VALUES ('" & rs.Fields(1) & "')"
rs.MoveNext
Loop
End With
' Close connections
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
cn.Close
Set cn = Nothing
cn2.Close
Set cn2 = Nothing
End Sub