Sub Download_Standard_BOM()

'Initializes variables
Dim cnn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim ConnectionString As String
Dim StrQuery As String

'Setup the connection string for accessing MS SQL database

'Make sure to change:
'1: PASSWORD
'2: USERNAME
'3: REMOTE_IP_ADDRESS
'4: DATABASE
ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Password=PASSWORD;Persist Security
Info=True;User ID=USERNAME;Data Source=REMOTE_IP_ADDRESS;Use Procedure for
Prepare=1;Auto Translate=True;Packet Size=4096;Use Encryption for Data=False;Tag
with column collation when possible=False;Initial Catalog=DATABASE"

'Opens connection to the database

cnn.Open ConnectionString
'Timeout error in seconds for executing the entire query; this will run for 15
minutes before VBA timesout, but your database might timeout before this value
cnn.CommandTimeout = 900

'This is your actual MS SQL query that you need to run; you should check this
query first using a more robust SQL editor (such as HeidiSQL) to ensure your query
is valid
StrQuery = "SELECT TOP 10 * FROM tbl_table"

'Performs the actual query

rst.Open StrQuery, cnn
'Dumps all the results from the StrQuery into cell A2 of the first sheet in the
active workbook
Sheets(1).Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rst
End Sub