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sample applications, the use of stored procedures offer a couple of advantages:

With stored procedures, there are less SQL statements to be transmitted across the network †“ only the name of the
stored procedure and any parameters it may require need to be sent over the wire. Not the entire SQL statement .

Stored procedures are parsed and optimized when they are created. They are compiled in the database when created
and remain a part of the database. This is in contrast to the use of in-line SQL statements in your program, which must
be parsed and compiled by the DBMS every time the program is run.

Stored procedures can be used to execute routine data functions such as selecting, inserting, updating, and deleting
data; they can also be used to perform any number of database functions such as backing up the database and
transaction logging .

In this tutorial we will look at some very simple stored procedures using examples in Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and
Oracle. For each, we will look at a sample VB6 application that uses ADO to execute these stored procedures. (Note: You
will need to have access to SQL Server and Oracle in order to run the respective examples using those database systems ,
but only Microsoft Access for the other one)

All three versions of the sample application presented here perform identically to the "Customer Table Maintenance"
application presented in the preceding topic.

Stored Procedures in Microsoft Access

MS-Access does not support stored procedures per se, however, saved Query objects can be used. The
ADO syntax used to work with Access Query objects is the same syntax used to work with stored
procedures in the high -end databases. Compared to high-end database stored procedures, Access queries

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are quite limited. As mentioned above , stored procedures in high-end databases like SQL Server or Oracle
can contain multiple SQL statements , logic statements to control processing flow, return values, etc. –
however, with Access queries, you can have only ONE SQL statement – period. The only other language
element that can be present in an Access query is a set of parameters - queries that have this are referred
to as "parameterized queries".
For each of the stored procedure sample applications, we will use the equivalent of the "Customer"
database that was used in the previous topic on ADO. As you may recall , the Customer database consists
of one table, called Customer, defined as follows in MS-Access:

Column Name Data Type

CustID Number (Long Integer)
LastName Text (50)
FirstName Text (50)
Address Text (50)
City Text (25)
State Text (2)
Zip Text (5)
PhoneNumber Text (10)

In the copy of the Cust .mdb MS-Access database used for this sample application, the following Query
objects were created:

SelectCustomer
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State, Zip, PhoneNumber, CustID
FROM Customer
ORDER BY LastName , FirstName;

InsertCustomer
PARAMETERS pCustID Long, pFName Text(50), pLName Text(50), pAddr Text(50),
pCity Text(25), pState Text(2), pZip Text (5), pPhone Text(10);
INSERT INTO Customer( CustID, FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State, Zip,
PhoneNumber )
VALUES (pCustID, pFName, pLName, pAddr, pCity, pState, pZip, pPhone);

UpdateCustomer
PARAMETERS pCustID Long, pFName Text(50), pLName Text(50), pAddr Text(50),
pCity Text(25), pState Text(2), pZip Text (5), pPhone Text(10);
UPDATE Customer SET FirstName = pFName, LastName = pLName, Address = pAddr,
City = pCity, State = pState, Zip = pZip, PhoneNumber = pPhone
WHERE CustID=pCustID;

DeleteCustomer
PARAMETERS pCustID Long;
DELETE *
FROM Customer
WHERE CustID=pCustID;

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Note that the InsertCustomer, UpdateCustomer, and DeleteCustomer queries have a PARAMETERS
statement that precedes the actual SQL statement. The PARAMETERS statement begins with the keyword
PARAMETERS followed by one or more pairs of variable name and datatype. Multiple pairs of variable
name / datatype are comma separated. The PARAMETERS statement ends with a semicolon. The
parameter variables are then used as values in the body of the SQL statement that follows .

Highlights of the code, as it relates to ADO syntax to handle stored procedures as well as how it compares
to the application presented in the preceding topic (where "in-line" SQL was used), are presented below.

 As is in the preceding sample app, three ADO object variables (representing and ADO Connection ,
Command, and Recordset, respectively) are declared at the form level:
Private mobjConn As ADODB.Connection
Private mobjCmd As ADODB.Command
Private mobjRst As ADODB.Recordset

 The "ConnectToDB" Sub is nearly identical to that of the preceding sample application . The
Connection object variable is instantiated, its ConnectionString property is set up to specify a DSN-
less connection, and the connection is then opened. The Command object variable is then
instatiated, and its ActiveConnection property is set to reference the connection that was just
opened. The only difference between this Sub and that of the preceding sample application is that
the Command object's CommandType is not set here – this is because in the preceding sample
application, the CommandType was always a textual string, so we could set CommandType to
adCmdText just once and "forget about it". In this application, however, we will use both adCmdText
and adCmdStoredProc, so we will set the CommandType property before each use of the
Command object throughout the application .

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ConnectToDB()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set mobjConn = New ADODB.Connection

mobjConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft .Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" _
& "Data Source=" _
& GetAppPath _
& "Cust.mdb"
mobjConn.Open

Set mobjCmd = New ADODB .Command

Set mobjCmd.ActiveConnection = mobjConn
End Sub

 In the "LoadCustomerListView" Sub, the contents of the Customer table is loaded into the listview. In
contrast to the preceding application (which built an in-line SQL statement using a variable which
was then assigned to the CommandText property of the Command object), this application first sets
the CommandType property of the Command object to adCmdStoredProc, then sets the
CommandText property to "SelectCustomer", the name of the stored procedure to execute. Since

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the SelectCustomer procedure contains a SELECT statement, the procedure returns a recordset to
the caller – so the recordset returned by the Execute method of the Command object is assigned
to the Recordset object variable mobjRst. Note that prior to using the Command object variable
mobjCmd, the programmer-defined procedure "ClearCommandParameters" is called. The purpose
of this is described a little later below.

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub LoadCustomerListView()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim objCurrLI As ListItem
Dim strZip As String
Dim strPhone As String
ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.CommandText = "SelectCustomer"
Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute
lvwCustomer.ListItems.Clear
With mobjRst
Do Until .EOF
strPhone = !PhoneNumber & ""
If Len(strPhone) > 0 Then
strPhone = "(" & Left$(strPhone, 3) & ") " _
& Mid$(strPhone, 4, 3) & "-" _
& Right$(strPhone, 4)
End If
Set objCurrLI = lvwCustomer.ListItems.Add(, , !FirstName & "", , "Custs")
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_LAST_IDX) = !LastName & ""
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_ADDR_IDX) = !Address & ""
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_CITY_IDX) = !City & ""
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_ST_IDX) = !State & ""
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_ZIP_IDX) = !Zip & ""
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_PHONE_IDX) = strPhone
objCurrLI .SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX) = CStr(! CustID)
.MoveNext
Loop
End With
With lvwCustomer
If .ListItems .Count > 0 Then
Set .SelectedItem = .ListItems (1)
lvwCustomer_ItemClick .SelectedItem
End If
End With
Set objCurrLI = Nothing
Set mobjRst = Nothing
End Sub

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 The "ClearCommandParameters" Sub is called prior to each use of the Command object. This
routine clears the Parameters collection of the Command object. The Parameters collection is used
to specify the parameters that are to be passed to the stored procedure that will be called. (It was
not necessary to use the Parameters collection to call the SelectCustomer procedure shown above
because the SelectCustomer procedure does not have parameters .) Anyway, since we have
declared the mobjCmd object at the form level, this same object is reused over and over again, so
we must clear any existing Parameters collection from it prior to each use.

'------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ClearCommandParameters()
'------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim lngX As Long

For lngX = (mobjCmd .Parameters .Count - 1) To 0 Step -1
mobjCmd.Parameters.Delete lngX
Next

End Sub

 In the "cmdSave_Click" event procedure, the code that checks to see whether an add or update has
been initiated (among other things) sets the string variable strSPName to "InsertCustomer" or
"UpdateCustomer" accordingly . After the "If" statement , the "ClearCommandParameters" Sub is
called to clear any existing parameters in the Parameters collection, the Command object's
CommandType is set to adCmdStoredProc, the Parameters collection is built (explained in more
detail below), the CommandText property is set to strSPName (which we set above to hold the
name of the stored procedure to call), then the Execute method is called to run the procedure. The
process can be coded this way because although the InsertCustomer and UpdateCustomer
procedures do different things, they take the exact same set of parameters (this is true only for the
Access example presented in this article).
To build the Parameters collection of the Command object, we use two methods on top of each other. The
CreateParameter method of the Command object specifies the details of the parameter to be
passed to the stored procedure. The resulting parameter object that is created must then be added
to the Parameters collection via the Append method of the Parameters collection of the Command
object.

The syntax of the CreateParameter method is as follows :

Set parameter = command .CreateParameter(Name, Type, Direction, Size, Value )

where parameter is an ADO Parameter object, command is an ADO Command object, and the
arguments are described in the table below:

Argument Description
Name An optional string representing the name of the Parameter object. If given ,
this name is the "ADO name" that is used to represent the Parameter object

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in the client-side (e.g. VB) program – it can be – be need not be â €“ the
same name as the actual parameter in the server-side stored procedure.
Type An optional Long value specifying the data type of the Parameter object. This
value is usually specified by an ADO constant. There are well over 30 possible
values for the data type. The examples presented in this topic use two of
these: adInteger (a four -byte integer equivalent to a VB or Access Long
datatype) and adVarChar (a variable-length character field equivalent to a VB
String or Access Text datatype). Other possible values include adDate (date/
time datatype), adSingle (single-precision floating point datatype), and
adDouble (double-precision floating point datatype).
Direction An optional Long value specifying the type of Parameter object. This value is
usually specified by an ADO constant. The possible values are:
 adParamInput – indicates an input parameter (Note: This is only
direction supported by Access parameterized queries).
 adParamOuput †“ indicates an output parameter
 adParamInputOutput – indicates a two-way parameter
 adParamReturnValue â €“ indicates a return value
Size An optional Long value specifying the maximum length for the parameter
value in characters or bytes. Required for text (string) datatypes.
Value An optional variant value specifying the value for the Parameter object
(specified for adParamInput and adParamInputOutput parameters ).

The ADO Parameter object that is created by the CreateParameter method is not automatically
appended to the Parameters collection of the Command object, where it ultimately needs to be. This
allows additional properties of the Parameter object to be set, if needed (in the sample applications
presented here, we do not need to set additional properties). So to append the newly created
Parameter object to the Parameters collection of the Command object, the following syntax is used:

command .Parameters.Append parameter

where parameter is an ADO Parameter object, command is an ADO Command object

In the sample application, we are taking a "shortcut " by using CreateParameter and
Parameters.Append in one statement . For example, we are using statements like:

mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pFName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,

txtFirst.Text)

The same result could have been accomplished in separate steps , as follows:

' a separate ADO parameter object variable would have to be declared

Dim objParm As ADODB .Parameter
' a pair of statements like the following would be used for each parameter
' to be passed to the stored procedure
Set objParm = mobjCmd.CreateParameter(" pFName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50, txtFirst.Text )
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append objParm

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Note that the same logic that dealt with the record ID in the previous topic's sample application is
still in place here. For an add, the new record ID is obtained by calling the programmer-defined
function GetNextCustID, which is described a little later below. For an update, the record ID of the
currently selected item in the listview is used in the UPDATE statement to update the record. In
either case, the contents of the listview is updated approriately to reflect the insert or update .

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdSave_Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim strPhone As String

Dim objNewListItem As ListItem
Dim lngIDField As Long
Dim strSPName As String

If Not ValidateFormFields Then Exit Sub

strPhone = txtArea.Text & txtPrfx .Text & txtLine .Text
If mstrMaintMode = "ADD" Then
lngIDField = GetNextCustID()
strSPName = "InsertCustomer"
Set objNewListItem = lvwCustomer.ListItems .Add(, , txtFirst.Text , , "Custs")
PopulateListItem objNewListItem
With objNewListItem
.SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX) = CStr (lngIDField )
.EnsureVisible
End With
Set lvwCustomer.SelectedItem = objNewListItem
Set objNewListItem = Nothing
Else
lngIDField = CLng (lvwCustomer.SelectedItem .SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX))
strSPName = "UpdateCustomer"
lvwCustomer.SelectedItem.Text = txtFirst.Text
PopulateListItem lvwCustomer.SelectedItem
End If
ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCustID ", adInteger, adParamInput , ,
lngIDField)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pFName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtFirst.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pLName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtLast.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pAddr ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtAddr.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCity ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 25,
txtCity.Text)

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mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pState", adVarChar , adParamInput , 2,

txtState.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pZip ", adVarChar, adParamInput , 5,
txtZip.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pPhone", adVarChar , adParamInput , 10, strPhone)
mobjCmd.CommandText = strSPName
mobjCmd.Execute
SetFormState True

mblnUpdateInProgress = False

End Sub

 When we need to add a new record, a new, unique record ID must generated. In this particular
sample application , the record ID is defined as a Long Integer in the database. The GetNextCustID
function shown below uses the SQL MAX function to find the highest existing value for the CustID
field, adds one to it, and returns that value to the caller . Note that in this application, the
"ClearCommandParameters" sub is called, then the CommandType property of the Command object
is set to adCmdText. The CommandText property is then set to the appropriate SQL string. This is
the only place in the program where in-line SQL is used instead of a stored procedure.

It should be noted that if the CustID field was defined as an Access AutoNumber field, the logic of this
application would have to be modified accordingly. Basically, we want to be able to know what the
value of the new record ID is and use it after the record has been added to the table. For an
Autonumber field, we would have to use the AddNew method of the Recordset and then assign the
record ID field to a variable for later use. In that we wanted to demonstrate the use of SQL INSERT
statements in this and the preceding sample applications, it was decided to not use an Autonumber
field for the record ID.

In the SQL Server and Oracle examples presented later on in this article, the "autonumber" concept IS
applied to the record ID. With the additional capabilities of the stored procedures in those database
systems, it is possible to retrieve the value of the record ID for a newly inserted record for
subsequent processing.

'------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function GetNextCustID() As Long
'------------------------------------------------------------------------

ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdText
mobjCmd.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(CustID) AS MaxID FROM Customer"
Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute

If mobjRst.EOF Then
GetNextCustID = 1
ElseIf IsNull(mobjRst !MaxID) Then

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GetNextCustID = 1
Else
GetNextCustID = mobjRst !MaxID + 1
End If

Set mobjRst = Nothing

End Function

 In the "cmdDelete_Click" event procedure, after it has been confirmed that the user truly wants to
delete the record, the set of statements to accomplish this via the "DeleteCustomer" stored
procedure is executed . As is done prior to each use of the Command object, the
"ClearCommandParameters" Sub is called to clear the Parameters collection of the Command
object. The CommandType property of the Command object is then set to adCmdStoredProc. One
parameter (the record ID of the customer record to be deleted) is created and appended to the
Parameters collection. The name of the stored procedure to be called, "DeleteCustomer", is
assigned to the Command object's CommandText property. The Execute method of the Command
object is then invoked to run the procedure to delete the record from the Customer table. Logic is
then executed to update the listview to remove the deleted record.

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdDelete_Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim strFirstName As String

Dim strLastName As String
Dim lngCustID As Long
Dim lngNewSelIndex As Long
If lvwCustomer.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "No Customer selected to delete.", _
vbExclamation, _
"Delete"
Exit Sub
End If
With lvwCustomer.SelectedItem
strFirstName = .Text
strLastName = .SubItems(mlngCUST_LAST _IDX)
lngCustID = CLng (.SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX))
End With
If MsgBox("Are you sure that you want to delete Customer '" _
& strFirstName & " " & strLastName & "'?" , _
vbYesNo + vbQuestion , _
"Confirm Delete") = vbNo Then
Exit Sub
End If
ClearCommandParameters

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mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCustID ", adInteger, adParamInput , ,
lngCustID )
mobjCmd.CommandText = "DeleteCustomer"
mobjCmd.Execute
With lvwCustomer
If .SelectedItem .Index = .ListItems .Count Then
lngNewSelIndex = .ListItems .Count - 1
Else
lngNewSelIndex = .SelectedItem .Index
End If
.ListItems.Remove .SelectedItem .Index
If .ListItems .Count > 0 Then
Set .SelectedItem = .ListItems (lngNewSelIndex)
lvwCustomer_ItemClick .SelectedItem
Else
ClearCurrRecControls
End If
End With

End Sub

 When the program ends, the DisconnectFromDB sub is called to clean up the database objects. The
Command object variable mobjCmd is set to Nothing. The ADO Connection is then closed by
issuing the Close method on the Connection object variable mobjConn , and then that object is set to
Nothing as well. Note: It was not necessary to "clean up" the Recordset object variable mobjRst,
because it was set to Nothing at the end of each Sub in which it was used.

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub DisconnectFromDB()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set mobjCmd = Nothing

mobjConn.Close
Set mobjConn = Nothing

End Sub

Download the project files for the Access version of the sample application here.

SQL Server Stored Procedures

Note: In order to run the next sample application , you will need to have access to SQL Server. If you do not
have access to SQL Server, possible options are to find a trial version of SQL Server that Microsoft offers
from time to time (check Microsoft's website ; you may also find a trial version on a CD that comes with a
book on SQL Server). Another alternative is to use the MSDE (Microsoft Data Engine). MSDE is a scaled-
down version of SQL Server that Microsoft offers for free as a download from their website . MSDE does

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NOT come with the SQL Server front end tools (Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, etc.) – although you
may find third-party products that fill that need.

For this sample application, SQL Server 2000 was used. A database called CustomerTest was created, and
in that database, the Customer table was created using Enterprise Manager. Following is the equivalent
CREATE TABLE statement that could have been used to create the Customer table:

CREATE TABLE Customer(CustID int IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,

LastName varchar(50),
FirstName varchar(50),
Address varchar(50),
City varchar(25),
State varchar(2),
Zip varchar(5),
PhoneNumber varchar(10))

Note that the CustID field was defined as an int datatype. In SQL Server, the int datatype is a four-byte
integer (equivalent to a Long in Access). Note also that the IDENTITY attribute was assigned to the CustID
field. This allows for the automatic population of this field with a unqiue value whenever a Customer record
is inserted into the table. The (1, 1) after IDENTITY instructs SQL Server to start the seed value with 1 and
increment by 1. The remaining fields are defined as varchar, which enables them to store variable length
text data up to a maximum length specified by the number in parentheses.

In SQL Server, stored procedures are coded in a language called Transact-SQL (or T-SQL for short). In
the SQL Server user interface, stored procedures are entered via the Enterprise Manager or the Query
Analyzer; stored procedures may also be entered into a SQL Server database via batch scripts. The general
syntax structure of a SQL stored procedure (simplified) is:

CREATE PROCEDURE procedurename[(@parameter datatype [OUTPUT] [, ...]

)] AS

statement 1;
. . .
statement n;

In the syntax above, procedurename represents the name of the stored procedure, which may be up 128
characters in length. This is followed by an optional parameter list. If present, the parameters are comma-
delimited and enclosed in parentheses. Each parameter consists of a name beginning with an "at" sign (@),
followed by its datatype, optionally followed by the keyword OUTPUT (only if it is in fact an output parameter
– otherwise, the parameter is assumed to be input). Following the parameter list (if present) is the
keyword AS. That completes the stored procedure "header". The body of the stored procedure consists of
one or more statements (which may be a mix of SQL queries and T-SQL logic statements); each statement
ends with a semicolon (;).

The following four stored procedures were created for this sample application:

SelectCustomer. This is a very basic procedure, consisting of one SQL SELECT statement. When called
from the VB program with ADO, a recordset object will be returned .

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CREATE PROCEDURE SelectCustomer AS

SELECT FirstName
, LastName
, Address
, City
, State
, Zip
, PhoneNumber
, CustID
FROM Customer
ORDER BY LastName , FirstName;

InsertCustomer. This procedure has an argument list consisting of the values for the data that will be
inserted into a new row of the Customer table. Recall that the CustID is defined with the IDENTITY
attribute, and as such, must not be specified in the INSERT statement itself †“ SQL Server will populate
that column automatically. However, we want to know what value was inserted for the CustID. The SQL
Server built-in function @@IDENTITY returns the last inserted Identity value . The last statement in the
procedure assigns the value returned by @@IDENTITY to the @pCustID parameter, which is defined as
an OUTPUT parameter in the parameter list. In our VB program, we will be able to retrieve this value from
the corresponding ADO Parameter object. (Note: In T-SQL, a form of the SELECT statement is used for
assignment statements .)

CREATE PROCEDURE InsertCustomer( @pCustID int OUTPUT

, @pFName varchar(50)
, @pLName varchar(50)
, @pAddr varchar(50)
, @pCity varchar(25)
, @pState varchar(2)
, @pZip varchar(5)
, @pPhone varchar(10)
)
AS

INSERT INTO Customer( FirstName

, LastName
, Address
, City
, State
, Zip
, PhoneNumber )
VALUES ( @pFName
, @pLName
, @pAddr
, @pCity
, @pState

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, @pZip
, @pPhone
);

SELECT @pCustID = @@IDENTITY ;

UpdateCustomer. This procedure has an argument list consisting of the values for the row of data (based
on the CustID ) that will be updated in the Customer table. The body of the procedure consists of a single
UPDATE statement .

CREATE PROCEDURE UpdateCustomer( @pCustID int

, @pFName varchar(50)
, @pLName varchar(50)
, @pAddr varchar(50)
, @pCity varchar(25)
, @pState varchar(2)
, @pZip varchar(5)
, @pPhone varchar(10)
)
AS
UPDATE Customer
SET FirstName = @pFName,
LastName = @pLName,
Address = @pAddr,
City = @pCity,
State = @pState,
Zip = @pZip,
PhoneNumber = @pPhone
WHERE CustID = @pCustID;

DeleteCustomer. This procedure takes in one parameter †“ the CustID of the Customer row to be
deleted. The body of the procedure consists of a single DELETE statement.

CREATE PROCEDURE DeleteCustomer(@pCustID int )

AS

DELETE FROM Customer

WHERE CustID = @pCustID;

Highlights of the SQL Server version of the sample application, as it relates to ADO syntax to handle stored
procedures are presented below.

 As is in the preceding sample app, three ADO object variables (representing and ADO Connection ,
Command, and Recordset, respectively) are declared at the form level:
Private mobjConn As ADODB.Connection
Private mobjCmd As ADODB.Command
Private mobjRst As ADODB.Recordset

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 The "ConnectToDB" Sub is nearly identical to that of the preceding sample application . The
Connection object variable is instantiated, its ConnectionString property is set up to specify a DSN-
less connection, and the connection is then opened. The ConnectionString specifies the required
arguments needed for the SQL Server installation used in the sample application . The required
arguments and/or values for your SQL Server installation will be different. The Command object
variable is then instatiated, and its ActiveConnection property is set to reference the connection that
was just opened.
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ConnectToDB()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set mobjConn = New ADODB.Connection

mobjConn.ConnectionString = "Driver=SQL Server;" _
& "Server=BRUCE -DESKTOP ;" _
& "Database=CustomerTest"
mobjConn.Open

Set mobjCmd = New ADODB .Command

Set mobjCmd.ActiveConnection = mobjConn
End Sub

The other database routines in this SQL Server version of the application are identical to that of the Access
version, with the exception of the “cmdSave_Click⠀ event procedure as described below:

 In the "cmdSave_Click" event procedure, prior to the code that checks to see whether an add or
update has been initiated, the "ClearCommandParameters" Sub is called to clear any existing
parameters in the Parameters collection and the Command object's CommandType is set to
adCmdStoredProc. Within the “If⠀ structure that checks to see whether an add or update has
been initiated, the code on “both sides⠀ builds the Parameters collection, sets the
CommandText property to †œInsertCustomer†or â €œUpdateCustomer†accordingly, and calls
the Execute method is called to run the appropriate procedure.

The set of Parameters built on both sides is the same, except for the “pCustID⠀ parameter (for
the Customer ID). On the â €œADD†side, where we are getting ready for an Insert, the direction
argument of the CreateParameter method must be specified as adParamOutput because that
parameter was defined as OUTPUT in the stored procedure. Note that after the stored procedure is
executed , the output parameter is used to populate the Customer ID column of the newly added
ListItem in the ListView , corresponding to the newly added record:

With objNewListItem
.SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX) = mobjCmd .Parameters ("pCustID")
.EnsureVisible
End With

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Because of the use of the Identity attribute on the Customer ID field in the Customer table and the
use of the output parameter, the programmer-defined function “GetNextCustID†used in the
Access version of the application is not needed.

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdSave_Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim strPhone As String

Dim objNewListItem As ListItem
Dim lngIDField As Long

If Not ValidateFormFields Then Exit Sub

strPhone = txtArea.Text & txtPrfx .Text & txtLine .Text
ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
If mstrMaintMode = "ADD" Then
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCustID ", adInteger, adParamOutput)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pFName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtFirst.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pLName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtLast.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pAddr ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtAddr.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCity ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 25,
txtCity.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pState", adVarChar , adParamInput , 2,
txtState.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pZip ", adVarChar, adParamInput , 5,
txtZip.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pPhone", adVarChar , adParamInput , 10, strPhone)
mobjCmd.CommandText = "InsertCustomer"
mobjCmd.Execute
Set objNewListItem = lvwCustomer.ListItems .Add(, , txtFirst.Text , , "Custs")
PopulateListItem objNewListItem
With objNewListItem
.SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX) = mobjCmd .Parameters ("pCustID")
.EnsureVisible
End With
Set lvwCustomer.SelectedItem = objNewListItem
Set objNewListItem = Nothing
Else
lngIDField = CLng (lvwCustomer.SelectedItem .SubItems(mlngCUST_ID_IDX))
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCustID ", adInteger, adParamInput , ,
lngIDField)

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mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pFName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,

txtFirst.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pLName", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtLast.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pAddr ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 50,
txtAddr.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pCity ", adVarChar , adParamInput , 25,
txtCity.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pState", adVarChar , adParamInput , 2,
txtState.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pZip ", adVarChar, adParamInput , 5,
txtZip.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pPhone", adVarChar , adParamInput , 10, strPhone)
mobjCmd.CommandText = "UpdateCustomer"
mobjCmd.Execute
lvwCustomer.SelectedItem.Text = txtFirst.Text
PopulateListItem lvwCustomer.SelectedItem
End If
SetFormState True

mblnUpdateInProgress = False

End Sub

Download the project files for the SQL Server version of the sample application here.

Oracle Stored Procedures

Note: In order to run the next sample application , you will need to have access to Oracle. If you do not
already have access to Oracle, you may be able to download a version for personal use from Oracle's
website. Be advised that the download is quite large and may not be feasible without a high-speed
connection. The installation process is lengthy as well. In any event, a visit to their website may be
worthwhile to see what is available.

Oracle is one of the oldest and most robust relational database products. Unlike SQL Server, which runs
only on Microsoft operating systems, Oracle is cross -platform and runs on UNIX and other systems as well
as Windows . It is not as easy to use as SQL Server, but what it lacks in ease of use, it makes up for in
horsepower; it is well-suited to high-volume transaction processing. As far as a front-end interface is
concerned, Oracle has traditionally offered SQL Plus, which is essentially a command -line interface,
although in recent years their GUI-based interfaces have improved. Many folks use third-party interface
products such as Quest SQL Navigator, Toad, or PL/SQL Developer from Allround Automations.

For this sample application, Personal Oracle 9i was used. The Customer table was created in the default
"SCOTT" schema within the default database. The CREATE TABLE statement is as follows :

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER(CUSTID NUMBER NOT NULL,

LASTNAME VARCHAR2(50),

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FIRSTNAME VARCHAR2(50),
ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50),
CITY VARCHAR2(25),
STATE VARCHAR2(2),
ZIP VARCHAR2(5),
PHONENUMBER VARCHAR2(10))

The CUSTID field was defined a NUMBER datatype, which can hold any numeric value . The remaining
fields are defined as VARCHAR2, which enables them to store variable length text data up to a maximum
length specified by the number in parentheses. Although not seen in the CREATE TABLE statement
above, a primary key constraint was placed on the CUSTID field to ensure that its value will always be
unique.

Oracle does not have an AutoNumber or Identity attribute that can be assigned to individual fields; however,
Oracle does provide a SEQUENCE object which can be used to accomplish the same objective. For this
application an Oracle sequence object called CUST _ID_SEQ was created. When you create a sequence
object, you specify a starting value and an increment value. To use the sequence, you refer to its NEXTVAL
property (which will retrieve the next value of the sequence). You can also refer the sequence's CURRVAL
property, which retrieves the current value of the sequence. For example, in the list of values to be inserted
into a new CUSTOMER record, CUST_ID_ SEQ.NEXTVAL could be used for the value of the CUSTID
field.

In Oracle, stored procedures are coded in a language called PL/SQL . It is a fairly robust language similar
in syntax to Pascal and Ada. The general syntax structure of an Oracle stored procedure (simplified) is:

CREATE [OR REPLACE] PROCEDURE procedurename [(parameter direction

datatype [, ...])] IS
[variable_1 datatype;
...
variable _n datatype ;]
BEGIN
statement 1;
. . .
statement n;
END procedurename ;

In the syntax above, procedurename represents the name of the stored procedure. This is followed by an
optional parameter list. If present, the parameters are comma-delimited and enclosed in parentheses. Each
parameter consists of the parameter name, its direction (either IN, OUT, or IN OUT), and its datatype.
Following the parameter list (if present) is the keyword IS. If any local variables are required, they are
declared next (a variable declaration consists of its name followed by its datatype, ending with a semicolon).
The body of the stored procedure starts with the keyword BEGIN and consists of one or more statements
(which may be a mix of SQL queries and PL/SQL logic statements); each statement ends with a semicolon
(;). The procedure ends with the keyword END followed by the procedure name.

The following four procedures were created for this application:

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SelectCustomer. Returning a recordset from an Oracle stored procedure has traditionally not been a
simple matter. However, from Oracle 9i forward as well as ADO 2.5 forward, it is now almost as easy as it
is in SQL Server and Access. To return a recordset from an Oracle stored procedure, you must declare an
output (OUT) parameter of type SYS_REFCURSOR. In the body of the procedure, you code a PL/SQL
OPEN statement using the syntax:

OPEN ref _cusrsor_parameter_name FOR select_statement ;

The recordset will be returned to the VB program via the SYS_REFCURSOR parameter . You need NOT
create an ADO Parameter object to hold the recordset (if there were other parameters used in this
procedure, you WOULD of course need ADO Parameters for those).

create procedure SelectCustomer(p_recordset out SYS _REFCURSOR) is

begin
open p_recordset for
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State, Zip, PhoneNumber, CustID
FROM Customer
ORDER BY LastName , FirstName;

end SelectCustomer;

InsertCustomer. This procedure has an argument list consisting of the values for the data that will be
inserted into a new row of the Customer table. The first statement is a special form of the SELECT
statement. The INTO option enables you to select a single value from a table and store it in a local
variable. In this case, the value we want to select is the NEXTVAL property of the CUST_ ID_SEQ
sequence, and the variable we are selecting that into is the pCustID output parameter. In our VB program,
we will be able to retrieve this value from the corresponding ADO Parameter object. The table that we are
selecting from is DUAL, which is built in "dummy" table in Oracle (used when you have to select from
"something" but it doesn’t matter what). The value we set for pCustID, along with the other input
parameters, are then used in the VALUES list of the INSERT statement .

CREATE PROCEDURE InsertCustomer(pCustID out number,

pFName in varchar2,
pLName in varchar2,
pAddr in varchar2,
pCity in varchar2,
pState in varchar2,
pZip in varchar2,
pPhone in varchar2)
IS
BEGIN

SELECT CUST_ID_SEQ .NEXTVAL INTO pCustID FROM DUAL;

INSERT INTO Customer( CustID, FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State, Zip,
PhoneNumber )
VALUES ( pCustID, pFName, pLName, pAddr, pCity, pState, pZip, pPhone );

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END InsertCustomer;

UpdateCustomer. This procedure has an argument list consisting of the values for the row of data (based
on the CustID ) that will be updated in the Customer table. The body of the procedure consists of a single
UPDATE statement .

CREATE PROCEDURE UpdateCustomer(pCustID in number,

pFName in varchar2,
pLName in varchar2,
pAddr in varchar2,
pCity in varchar2,
pState in varchar2,
pZip in varchar2,
pPhone in varchar2)
IS
BEGIN

UPDATE Customer
SET FirstName = pFName,
LastName = pLName,
Address = pAddr,
City = pCity,
State = pState,
Zip = pZip,
PhoneNumber = pPhone
WHERE CustID = pCustID;

END UpdateCustomer;

DeleteCustomer. This procedure takes in one parameter †“ the CustID of the Customer row to be
deleted. The body of the procedure consists of a single DELETE statement.

CREATE PROCEDURE DeleteCustomer(pCustID in number)

IS
BEGIN
DELETE FROM Customer
WHERE CustID = pCustID;

END DeleteCustomer;

The VB code for the Oracle version of the application is identical to the SQL Server version , with the sole
exception of the ConnectionString. In the statement below, the ConnectionString specifies the required
arguments needed for the Oracle installation used in the sample application. The required arguments and/
or values for your Oracle installation will be different.

mobjConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=MSDAORA.1;" _

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& "Data Source=THEVBPRO;" _

& "User ID =scott;" _
& "Password=tiger"

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runtime error when executing stored procedure in access Wed, 03/09/2011 - 04:35 — Sandipon (not verified)

database
I created a stored procedure named "CreateUser" in my application 's backend i.e. MS-Access database for creating users of
the VB application in the "Users" table. In the "CreateUser" form, there are 4 objects viz. UserId(TextBox ), New Password
(TextBox), Confirm Password(TextBox ) and the last one User Group(ComboBox ) from which the user selects the appropriate
group of users to which this new user will belong and have the necessary privileges set. The code for the CreateUser form
(frmUser.frm) is as follows:

Option Explicit

Private mobjConn As ADODB.Connection

Private mobjCmd As ADODB.Command
Private mobjRst As ADODB.Recordset

Private mstrMaintMode As String

Private mblnFormActivated As Boolean
Private mblnUpdateInProgress As Boolean

Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection, rec As New ADODB.Recordset

Dim esql As String, esql1 As String

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Dim KeyCode As Integer

Dim ComboSelItem As Long
Dim StrSelItem As String

Private Sub CmbUsrGrp_Change ()

If CmbUsrGrp.ListIndex <> -1 Then

StrSelItem = CmbUsrGrp.List(CmbUsrGrp.ListIndex)

ComboSelItem = CmbUsrGrp.ItemData(CmbUsrGrp.ListIndex)

End If

End Sub

Private Sub CmbUsrGrp_Keydown (KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)

If KeyCode = KeyCodeConstants.vbKeyReturn Then

cmdSave.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdSave_ KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

If KeyAscii = KeyCodeConstants .vbKeyReturn Then
Unload Me
End Sub

'*****************************************************************************
'* General Form Events *
'*****************************************************************************

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub Form_Load()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

CenterForm Me

SetFormState True

ConnectToDB

ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.CommandText = "SelectUserGroup"
Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute

With mobjRst

Do Until .EOF

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CmbUsrGrp.AddItem (mobjRst.Fields(1 ))
CmbUsrGrp.ItemData(CmbUsrGrp.NewIndex) = mobjRst.Fields (0)

.MoveNext

Loop

End With

mobjRst.Close

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub Form_Activate()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If mblnFormActivated Then Exit Sub

Refresh

SetFormState True

mblnFormActivated = True

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim objRst As ADODB.Recordset

If mblnUpdateInProgress Then
MsgBox "You must save or cancel the current action before " _
& "closing this window.", _
vbInformation, _
"Cannot Close"
Cancel = 1
Exit Sub
End If

DisconnectFromDB

Set frmUser = Nothing

End Sub

'*****************************************************************************
'* Command Button Events *
'*****************************************************************************

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'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unload Me

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdSave_ Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim strPhone As String

Dim objNewListItem As ListItem
Dim lngIDField As Long
Dim strSPName As String
Dim IntUsrGrp As Long

If Not ValidateFormFields Then Exit Sub

If Not ValidatePasswordMatch Then Exit Sub

If Not ValidateComboField Then Exit Sub

CmbUsrGrp_Change

lngIDField = GetNextUserID()

strSPName = "CreateUser"

ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pID", adInteger, adParamInput, , lngIDField)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pUserID ", adVarChar, adParamInput, 20, txtUserID.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pPasswd ", adVarChar, adParamInput, 10, txtPasswd.Text)
mobjCmd.Parameters.Append mobjCmd.CreateParameter("pUser _GrpId ", adInteger, adParamInput, , ComboSelItem)

'On Error GoTo procError

mobjCmd.CommandText = strSPName
mobjCmd.Execute

'procError:
SetFormState True

mblnUpdateInProgress = False

Unload Me

End Sub

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'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub cmdCancel_ Click()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

' mblnUpdateInProgress = False

' SetFormState True
' lvwCustomer_ ItemClick lvwCustomer.SelectedItem

DisconnectFromDB
SetFormState False
Unload Me

End Sub

'*****************************************************************************
'* Other Control Events *
'*****************************************************************************

'*****************************************************************************
'* Programmer-Defined Subs & Functions *
'*****************************************************************************

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ConnectToDB()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set mobjConn = New ADODB.Connection

mobjConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft .Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" _
& "Data Source=" _
& GetAppPath _
& "\Database\CMS.mdb"
mobjConn.Open

Set mobjCmd = New ADODB.Command

Set mobjCmd.ActiveConnection = mobjConn

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub DisconnectFromDB()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set mobjCmd = Nothing

mobjConn.Close
Set mobjConn = Nothing

End Sub

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'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ClearCurrRecControls()
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

gblnPopulating = True

gblnPopulating = False

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub SetFormState(pblnEnabled As Boolean)
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

cmdSave.Enabled = pblnEnabled
cmdCancel.Enabled = pblnEnabled

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function ValidateFormFields() As Boolean
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If Not ValidateRequiredField(txtUserID, "User ID ") Then

ValidateFormFields = False
Exit Function
End If

If Not ValidateRequiredField(txtPasswd, " New Password") Then

ValidateFormFields = False
Exit Function
End If

If Not ValidateRequiredField(txtcpass, "Confirm Password") Then

ValidateFormFields = False
Exit Function
End If

ValidateFormFields = True

End Function

'------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function GetNextUserID() As Long
'------------------------------------------------------------------------

ClearCommandParameters
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdText
mobjCmd.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(ID ) AS MaxID FROM Users"
Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute

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' If mobjRst.EOF Then

' GetNextUserID = 1
If IsNull(mobjRst!MaxID ) Then
GetNextUserID = 1
Else
GetNextUserID = mobjRst!MaxID + 1
End If

Set mobjRst = Nothing

End Function

'------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ClearCommandParameters()
'------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim lngX As Long

For lngX = (mobjCmd.Parameters.Count - 1) To 0 Step -1

mobjCmd.Parameters.Delete lngX
Next

End Sub

Private Sub txtcpass_ KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)

If KeyCode = KeyCodeConstants.vbKeyReturn Then
CmbUsrGrp.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

Private Sub txtPasswd_ KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)

If KeyCode = KeyCodeConstants.vbKeyReturn Then
txtcpass.SetFocus
End If
End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function ValidatePasswordMatch() As Boolean
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If Not ValidatePasswordFieldMatch(txtPasswd, txtcpass) Then

ValidatePasswordMatch = False
Exit Function
End If

ValidatePasswordMatch = True

End Function

Private Sub txtUserID_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)

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If KeyCode = KeyCodeConstants.vbKeyReturn Then

txtPasswd.SetFocus
End If

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function ValidateComboField() As Boolean
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If Not ValidateComboBoxField (CmbUsrGrp, "User Group") Then

ValidateComboField = False
Exit Function
End If

ValidateComboField = True

End Function

However, when I run the application , i got the following run time error :

Run Time error -217......(80040e57): the field is too small to accept the amount of data that is being inserted. Please
insert / append less data.
I could not figure out what might be causing this error. Please help.

Regards,
Sandipon

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Excel VBA and Oracle Stored Procedures Wed, 09/15/2010 - 12:09 — Hosko (not verified)

I have a few Excel (2003) reports that I created to work off SQL Server and now the back -end is migrating to Oracle ...
never having worked with Oracle I've been tearing my hear out trying to do what 's pretty simple in the Excel/SQL Server
world.... namely ;
1. Create a stored procedure and run it
2. Call that stored procedure from Excel and dump the outcome to a worksheet.

I've been tearing my hear out for days trying to work out how to do this and there's very little on the net that describes
how to do this in a straightforward manor.

I used your VB tutorial as a basis and messed around until it worked in VBA - so thanks. You rock. If you don 't mind, I'm
going to paste a summary of how I did it in here. Kind of a karmic "give back " to the world since I rely heavily on useful
info on the net for my professional existance. Hopefully it 'll help someone else .
-----------------------------------------
Creating the Oracle SPROC (using Oracle SQL Developer )
--This creates a SPROC that takes in 1 parameter, uses that in the SQL WHERE clause and then outputs the results to an
'out' sys_refcursor

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--parameter. Remove the input parameter if you don 't need it.
-----------------------------------------

create or replace
PROCEDURE TESTPROC
(
ROW_NUM IN NUMBER
, P_RECORDSET OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
) AS
BEGIN
open p _recordset for
Select * from tbl_ Test
where rownum <= ROW_ NUM;
END TESTPROC;

-----------------------------------------
Calling the SPROC from EXCEL 2003
-----------------------------------------

Sub ExcelVBA _Sub()

Dim mobjConn As ADODB.Connection

Dim mobjCmd As ADODB.Command
Dim mobjRst As ADODB.Recordset

Set mobjConn = New ADODB.Connection

mobjConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=MSDAORA.1;Password=[your password];User ID=[your UID];Data Source=[Your

Datasource];Persist Security Info=True"

mobjConn.Open
Set mobjCmd = New ADODB.Command
Set mobjCmd.ActiveConnection = mobjConn
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc

' The command text is your SPROC name with any input parameters following inside brackets (in this case I'm saying I want
5 rows back )
mobjCmd.CommandText = "TESTPROC(5)"

' Open the Recordset

Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute

' This is the easiest way to dump the contents of the RS to a sheet that I've found... no messing around with Move .Next
Worksheets(1 ).Range("A1 ").CopyFromRecordset mobjRst

mobjRst.Close

Set mobjRst = Nothing

End Sub

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-----------------
and that's it.... your SPROC data is in excel.

Other info that might help;

You need to make sure you've got the right ADO reference in your VBA project (I had the 2 .7 library ).
The other thing that took me a little while to work out was that the data source what the name from the TNSnames.ora file
(effectively an alias) rather than server address / db name or any concatenation thereof....

Mine was here: C:\oracle\ora92\network \ADMIN

Though some other references I found on the web had it under program files... anyway. not too hard to find.

Hopefully this will save someone some time!

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vb6 adodc connectivity addnew & update Sun, 08 /29/2010 - 08:00 — Anonymous

I already connect the Msaccess with VB using adodc .I want to save my record in new field of the database

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please help me.......... Tue, 08 /03/2010 - 17 :34 — Carolin (not verified)

please help me..........

I already connect the Msaccess with VB using adodc.The records are overwite .I want tso save my record in new field of the
database

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list Thu , 07/15 /2010 - 08 :38 — Anonymous (not verified)

list list1,"student","studentname",studentno","studentname like '"& text1 .text &"'

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Thanks a Ton .... Tue , 11/17 /2009 - 05 :34 — Sebastian (not verified)

Hi,r

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Thanks a ton for the briliant tutorial...as i was googling for this kind of work... and i got what i searched for.

Thanks once again.

Sebastian.

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vb Fri, 10/30/2009 - 16:51 — bkt (not verified)

how to use data grite for viwe hole data base on the form

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NICE! Tue , 10/27 /2009 - 01 :40 — silversky 78

A very helpful tutorial especially when you are using ADODB. :)

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Awesome Thu, 08 /13/2009 - 00 :42 — wakhuta

Nice tutorial. Easy and quick to understand.

Gat one problem: am failing to connect to sql server database . My database (mydb.mdf) is in same folder as vb 6
application, server name is (Wak-Pc).
may you give me a clear explanation on connecting to sql server with vb6 .

Keep it up Mr. VB

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Stored procedures for Access/SQL/Oracle Fri, 08/07 /2009 - 10:48 — Dr Gordon Rankine (not verified)

Sirs,

This article is first rate, with clear dialogue , examples, and support projects and corresponding code.

Furthermore, although I can't comment on the Oracle element , I have tested the rest, and it helped me enormously for both
my Access and SQL Server 2005 applications.. This material gave me an understanding on the topic, examples with which
to practice and experiment, and a solid platform for my immediate needs.

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I only wish there were more articles and "How to ..." like this available.

Well done, and many thanks

Dr. Gordon Rankine, Scotland

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Great Wed , 03/24 /2010 - 20 :10 — Anonymous (not verified)

The sample code for Access and SQL was great. Thanks a lot it was a great help. :)

Regards,
David Reyes III

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ado access Tue, 08/04/2009 - 21:35 — popeto

it awsome man, cant wait to try it, ty!!!

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how to add an if-then-else for opening the database? Tue, 07 /28/2009 - 23 :05 — vb6 lover (not verified)

i mean,

  If mobjConn. Open = False Then

    Msgbox("Unable to connect to the database")

   Else

    Msgbox("Connected!")
   End If

doesn't work, is there a way to make it does?

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The State property lets you Thu, 04 /29/2010 - 13 :15 — Tom R (not verified)

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The State property lets you know if a object is connected or now. It works with Connection and Recordset objects.
Possibly others as well .
True if connected and False if not connected.

--------------------------------------------------------------
Your code:

If mobjConn.Open = False Then

Msgbox("Unable to connect to the database")
Else
Msgbox("Connected!")
End If

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Code:

If not mobjConn .State Then

Msgbox("Unable to connect to the database")
Else
Msgbox("Connected!")
End If

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data base Mon , 02/22 /2010 - 12 :34 — mtm (not verified)

no idea....

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Thanks! Fri, 02/06 /2009 - 04 :06 — Anonymous (not verified)

Thank you for this. Really helpful indeed.

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Thanks. I needed to return Wed , 01/28 /2009 - 04 :13 — Anonymous (not verified)

Thanks. I needed to return values and cursors from Oracle and your examples are just what I was looking for.

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Great piece of work Wed, 12 /31/2008 - 04:23 — Mohammed Sayeed (not verified)

Great piece of work. I am very thankful as I got what I want . The author has the command to demonstrate complicated
things in a very easy and simple way .

Great

Sayeed

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Formatting code in HTML Tue , 11/25 /2008 - 14 :42 — Anonymous (not verified)

You should put your formatted VB code in an HTML "code" or "pre " element to maintain the formatting (particularly the
indentation).

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sybase and visual basic Sun, 11/02/2008 - 08:20 — Blacksheep (not verified)

Hi there. I am using Adaptive server anywhere 9 (sybase). I have a problem with stored procedure. when i insert data with a
varchar type it will save only the first character of the value.

for example :

visual basic code:

cmdCommand.Parameters.Append cmdCommand .CreateParameter ("@tempvar ", adVarChar, adParamInput, 50, "test")

cmdCommand.CommandText = "test"
cmdCommand.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
cmdCommand.ActiveConnection = cn

cmdCommand.Execute

stored procedure:

ALTER PROCEDURE "DBA"."test"(in @tempvar varchar(50))

BEGIN
insert into test (name) values (@tempvar );
END

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result:
name = "t" instead of name = "test"

why does it only save the first character.

I experienced this problem for varchar type only.

Please help!

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answer Thu, 02 /18/2010 - 08 :03 — Adrian Albu (not verified)

what I see is that it may be the stored procedure does not have parameters lenght defined

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SQL decimal type Wed , 10 /15/2008 - 08 :54 — Timothy C . Alvord (not verified)

In the SQL Stored Procedure I'm calling, the parameters are defined in SQL as decimal(x,y). From VB6 , the data I want to
pass is of type Double. How do I setup the .CreateParameter to work correctly.

I tried dbDecimal, but couldn't get it to work correctly. Can I just create the parameter as dbDouble and have it work
correctly in SQL?

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ADO and Acces Stored Procedure Fri, 08 /29/2008 - 12 :28 — BobF (not verified)

This does not work . Error message says it's invalid in this context. I assume that "SelectCustomer" is an existing Querydef in
the Access MDB.
mobjCmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
mobjCmd.CommandText = "SelectCustomer"
Set mobjRst = mobjCmd.Execute

I have a need to execute a query in access that already exist (querydef). I would just code the SQL statement but it's about
300 plus character statement which there is a 255 limit.

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AMAZED Fri, 08/29/2008 - 03:55 — Zlatko (not verified)

I Just wanna thank you on your excellent work I'm thrilled with the detail of explanation I found here and the simplicity with
which this article was made. Thank you very MUCH

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Tis rocks Tue, 08 /26/2008 - 21 :37 — Dennis Quek (not verified)

Although this is a vb6 old article, but your SQL is still quite relevant in today's programming . Was doing a project on stored
procedure, and I guess all that I need can be found here.

Salutes~

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The best and more explicit explanation. Thu, 07/31 /2008 - 07:58 — Ricky_Lomax (not verified)

La fuerza esta con tigo .....

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Stored Proc in VB Thu, 12 /27/2007 - 23:12 — Anonymous

Tramendous....keep it up....(Ajit Singh)

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Very good and useful. Keep Fri, 12 /14/2007 - 21:46 — Anonymous

Very good and useful. Keep it up man

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Absolutely Brilliant Sat, 11 /03/2007 - 08:19 — Anonymous

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Hey mister ...you should be lookin at a career in technical writing ...if you aren't one already!!!
Brilliant explanations and good english...always a pleasure to read. Two thumbs up!!!

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thums up Sun, 04 /22/2007 - 16:46 — Anonymous

hey MR. VB it was as if I am looking at MSDN library , Thumbs up

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Very nice Tue, 04 /10/2007 - 08:30 — Anonymous

This article was very helpful.

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