[AccessD] Access 2K to SQL Server

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Jan 25 21:06:58 CST 2011


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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 1/25/2011 1:00 PM, David McAfee wrote:
> Asger, I'm trying to convert him. He'll eventually come over to the dark
> side. ;)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Asger Blond<ab-mi at post3.tele.dk>  wrote:
>
>> David,
>> As I read the original question, John wants an updatable bound form based
>> on a pass-through query.
>> AFAIK this is not possible, since a pass-through query is non-updatable.
>> Your solution works fine for a R/O form.´
>> It is of course possible to make updates via this kind of form but then you
>> need to call a separate update procedure, e.g an update sp from SQL Server.
>> And then in my vocabulary you are essentially working with an "unbound-form
>> solution".
>> Asger
>>
>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>> Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
>> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af David McAfee
>> Sendt: 25. januar 2011 02:29
>> Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Emne: Re: [AccessD] Access 2K to SQL Server
>>
>> Cool, make a stored procedure which looks for an input parameter like I
>> showed in the first reply then modify the QueryDef when you need to call
>> the
>> query.
>>
>>
>> You can modify the querydef for a passthrough in the same manner.
>>
>> This is an MDB, not an ADP, right?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:19 PM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> It was security.  I looked at other objects that could be seen through
>> the
>>> dsn and they all had DISCO and public enabled for reads.  I set that for
>>> mine and they were visible.
>>>
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
>>> On 1/24/2011 5:08 PM, David McAfee wrote:
>>>
>>>> It does sound like security.
>>>>
>>>> Can you create a stored procedure on the server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I am running into something that I have never seen before.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I try to create a DSN back to the sql server I end up seeing the
>>>>> server, but when I select the server I only see a small set of existing
>>>>> views, 8 or so.  there are hundreds of tables and dozens of views but I
>>>>> can't see any of them.  I don't know why, or how SQL Server limits what
>> I
>>>>> can see for the DSN build process.  I am assuming that it has to do
>> with
>>>>> security but this is new to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> John W. Colby
>>>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/24/2011 4:25 PM, Rusty Hammond wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried an Access query tied to the linked view where the query
>>>>>> provides the filtering?  I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong but
>> it
>>>>>> should return from SQL only the records you need.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the dataset being returned can be read-only (no editing) then you
>> can
>>>>>> use a pass-through query in Access to call a stored procedure or send
>> a
>>>>>> SELECT statement directly to the SQL server.  You can edit the SQL of
>>>>>> the pass-through query in code just like any other query.  To setup a
>>>>>> pass-through create a blank query, go to the SQL view, go to the Query
>>>>>> menu, choose SQL Specific, then Pass-Through.  Then right-click on the
>>>>>> title bar of the query window, go to Properties, Use the build button
>> on
>>>>>> the ODBC Connect Str property to build your connect string to the SQL
>>>>>> server, set Return Record to Yes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rusty
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:09 PM
>>>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2K to SQL Server
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And can I link to a stored procedure?  How to I send the parameter to
>>>>>> the stored procedure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are just a little too light on the actual details for me to get
>> this
>>>>>> done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know how to create stored procedures, and I know the syntax in the
>>>>>> stored procedure to pass in a parameter.  I do not know the syntax in
>> a
>>>>>> stored procedure to return a recordset.  And I haven't a clue how to
>> use
>>>>>> any of this on the Access side of things.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John W. Colby
>>>>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/24/2011 4:00 PM, David McAfee wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   CREATE PROCEDURE stpSomeNameHere (@AsOfDate AS DATETIME) AS SELECT *
>>>>>>> FROM vwSomeView WHERE SomeDate>= @AsOfDate
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Modify the querydef as needed for the input parameter in Access.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   One of my clients is mired in Access 2K.  He is linking to views in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SQL Server but these are fixed views that at this point are pulling
>>>>>>>> hundreds of thousands of records when he really only needs the last
>> X
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    days, or for Claim X etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can I create a view (or stored procedure) out in SQL Server that
>>>>>>>> accepts a parameter such as a date or a claim ID and allow sql
>> server
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    to perfrom the filter and return a small result set.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> REMEMBER this is A2K.  It is my understanding that A2K does not
>> allow
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    some of the fancy stuff that later versions of Access allows - like
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> binding a form to an ADO recordset and having it be R/W.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any help would be hugely appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
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