[AccessD] Stored procedures from Access

Give me a break, JC.  I wrote that 8 years ago at least!  It wasn't
intended to be a one-size-fits-all, so you have to tweak it to get it to
do what you want.  It worked at that time, 3 versions of Access ago.

1=Yes
2=No, it wasn't built to handle passthroughs.
3=I'd say yes.  I was working with the developers edition of SQL Server
way, way back, but I don't remember the details.


Charlotte 

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Subject: [AccessD] Stored procedures from Access

OK, I have built my first pass through query, which runs just fine.

Basically I am trying to run stored procedures in SQL which have
parameters.

I built the pass through query as a simple

"exec MyProcName, Param1, Param2"

Where param1 and param2 are hard coded.  I do not see a way to place
parameters in a collection like you can do with regular queries.  Did I
miss something there?

Now, I think it was Charlotte (I deleted the email after copying the
code) that provided a CallADOStoredProc, which I am trying to use.
However I am getting an "odbc call failed" error, which I am pretty
certain is because it uses the standard currentproject.connection.  That
connection does not reference the server or the database, so how can it
know where to send the odbc call?

Questions:

1) Is the parameter collection that is being filled in CallADOStoredProc
replace the hard coded parameters in my pass through query?  I.e. can I
just remove the hard coded parameters and place them in the call to
CallADOStoredProc?

2) Is CallADOStoredProc looking for a local pass through query at all,
or is it looking for the name of a stopred procedure out in SQL Server?

3) Do I need to find a "standard" connection string which will reference
the SQL Server?

I am now using tons of Stored Procedures out in SQL Server but I have
absolutely zero experience causing them to execute from Access.  I need
some very basic instructions on how to do this.  I have found things on
the internet but they all seem to start with "you know how to do this
and here are some tricks" rather than "since you know nothing, here is
what you are doing and why".

Can anyone here provide a "since you know nothing" approach?

TIA,

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