Automation Error when exporting Excel data to SQL Server
- by brohjoe
I'm getting an Automation error upon running VBA code in Excel 2007. I'm attempting to connect to a remote SQL Server DB and load data to from Excel to SQL Server.
The error I get is,
"Run-time error '-2147217843(80040e4d)': Automation error".
I checked out the MSDN site and it suggested that this may be due to a bug associated with the sqloledb provider and one way to mitigate this is to use ODBC. Well I changed the connection string to reflect ODBC provider and associated parameters and I'm still getting the same error.
Here is the code with ODBC as the provider:
Dim cnt As ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Dim stSQL As String
Dim wbBook As Workbook
Dim wsSheet As Worksheet
Dim rnStart As Range
Public Sub loadData()
'This was set up using Microsoft ActiveX Data Components version 6.0.
'Create ADODB connection object, open connection and construct the connection string object.
Set cnt = New ADODB.Connection
cnt.ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server}; Server=onlineSQLServer2010.foo.com; Database=fooDB;Uid=logonalready;Pwd='helpmeOB1';"
cnt.Open
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
'Open Excel and run query to export data to SQL Server.
strSQL = "SELECT * INTO SalesOrders FROM OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0'," & _
"'Data Source=C:\Database.xlsx; Extended Properties=Excel 12.0')...[SalesOrders$]"
cnt.Execute (strSQL)
'Error handling.
ErrorExit:
'Reclaim memory from the connection objects
Set rst = Nothing
Set cnt = Nothing
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox Err.Description, vbCritical
Resume ErrorExit
'clean up and reclaim memory resources.
If CBool(cnt.State And adStateOpen) Then
Set rst = Nothing
Set cnt = Nothing
cnt.Close
End If
End Sub
