Run an SQL Query With a Parameter from Excel 2007

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Solution 1

Dunno why MS has made this so complicated, You will have to use Microsoft Query.

Click on Data -> From External Sources -> From Microsoft Query. CHoose Data source comes up. Select SQL Server, enter the Auth details, and select the table

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Click on Next, don't select any filtering criteria, choose sort by criteria, click on next. Now, click on View/Edit in MS Query instead of selecting Return to Excel

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Click on Finish. Now in MS Query, Click on Criteria -> Add Criteria, choose the operator and let the value be []

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Click on File -> return data to Excel. Now Excel should prompt you for the parameter, select the relevant cell

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To edit the parameters, click on Data -> Properties -> Finger icon -> Definition -> parameters

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You can also use the SQL query editor and type in the query with the joins and put a ? against the field where the parameter has to be fetched.

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Solution 2

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Sorry about the plug, hopefully it's not too inappropriate.

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Vaccano

I am an IT Software Architect from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Vaccano almost 2 years
I have a query in an Excel table. I followed this to do it.

But how can I add a parameter from a cell into my query?

I am looking for a way to do this:
```
select *
from dbo.Customers
where CustomerID = Cell.A2
```
The Cell.A2 does not work. But how can I add in something like it, so that the contents of a cell are used in my query?
- Admin about 9 years
  
  Have you tried just naming the cell - then using the name in the query instead of the cell reference?
Vaccano over 13 years

Alas, parameters is disabled.
100rabh over 13 years

@Vaccano: Revamped my answer, please have a look
Vaccano over 13 years

Thanks for the effort on this Sathya. Alas I realized that because my query has some joins in it MS Query cannot display it graphically. That makes it so you cannot have parameters. I am going to make it as a VBA function. I am giving you the nod though because your answer was so complete.
100rabh over 13 years

@Vaccano: You can write the query using the SQL editor, and put a ? against the field to which the parameter has to be selected i.imgur.com/NgXxc.png
mikker over 13 years

I have found that once the query is in Excel, you can go into the query parameters screen and edit it there without going into MS Query again. Just drop a ? where the criteria goes. Then go back into the connection properties screen and assign that parameter to a cell in the spreadsheet.
100rabh over 13 years

@Tracy yeah, that works as well!
slotishtype almost 13 years

Where all the images go?
100rabh almost 13 years

@slotishtype fixed. Side effect of this