Insert Data from Excel into Access

Question

I\'ve made some code to insert data from an excel table in to an access database - my code is as follow:

    Sub AddData()

Dim Cn As ADODB.Connection

Set C         


        

Answer 1

What happens if you put a $ sign after the sheet name like this [datasheet$] ?

Answer 2

xlFilepath = Application.ThisWorkbook.FullName
Sql = "INSERT INTO tblSales " & _

"SELECT * FROM [Excel 12.0 Macro;HDR=YES;DATABASE=" & xlFilepath & "].[datasheet$A1:AK10011] "

cnn.Execute Sql

Warning in your Datasheet Table The first 8 rows. Assuming theres a Heading (HDR=YES) the next 6 rows should contain a dummy data to define your columns equivalent to your access table column definition.

Answer 3

All that is missing, as far as I can see, is the path to your data source and a string on datasheet:

Data Source=sample.xls;

Should read, for example:

Data Source=c:\docs\sample.xls;

And:

SELECT * FROM [datasheet$]

Answer 4

The SELECT statement runs on the database itself, but you want to send values from EXCEL. So you must use

cn.Execute "INSERT .... VALUES (" & excelcell_or_variable & ");"

eventually in a loop to proces all rows/columns etc.

Hope that helps

good luck

EDIT ... don't forget quotation marks surrounding CHAR's and interpunctations; I use

' ....
' .... "...VALUES (" & T(Q(MyStringCell)) & T(MyNumCell) & Q(MyLastTextCell) & ");"
' ....

' surrounds a string by single quotes
Private Function Q(Arg as String) As String
    Q = "'" & Arg & "'"
Return

' appens a comma to a string
Private Function T(Arg as String) As String
    T = Arg & ","
Return

EDIT 2 I asume that in EXCEL the values you want to insert into the DB are all in 1 row ...

Suppose you have a source_range which contains more than 1 row, you must fire the INSERT statement for each row in that range. You use the .Rows property to return a single row from a range. And you send multiple columns to the INSERT statement within the same row by using .Cells(1, 1), .Cells(1,2) .... and so on

example:

Sub Test()
Dim MyRange As Range, MyRow As Range

    Set MyRange = Range([B4], [C8])   ' source range

    For Each MyRow In MyRange.Rows    ' get one row at the time from source range 
        Debug.Print MyRow.Cells(1, 1), MyRow.Cells(1, 2)
        ' replace the above by your INSERT statement
    Next MyRow

End Sub

Answer 5

I think you cannot execute a query on just any open workbook. It MUST be run against a file, that means you have to provide a full path to you sheet, including the filename. If your workbook is "dirty", you need to save it first. I would rather

• loop the worksheet lines and add the records one by one
• or use the code you just wrote from Access (if it is suitable)