Excel VBA - Runtime Error "1004" General ODBC Error

Hi

I wrote a vba function that should return data to the excel spreadsheet
after querying the Oracle database. I have installed and created a
Microsoft ODBC connection for Oracle on my workstation.

If I manually open excel workbook and navigate to Data, Get External
Data, New Database Query, connect to the database, click on the SQL
pushbutton and paste the query, click OK and hit the Return Data
pushbutton, the query return data to the spreadsheet without any
issues.

I recorded all the above steps in a Macro and wrote a similar vba
function for extracting data for another table. I then reopened another
workbook, navigated to Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor and pasted the
vba function that I wrote over there and executed it.

It then gives me this error "Run Time Error '1004' General ODBC Error".
When I click on the Debug, it highlights the following line of code in
yellow:
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False

Here is the query I am using. This query reads data from all the Key
fields of the same table from 2 database instances (source and target)
and retrieves all the rows that are missing in either of the databases
[(Source - Target) + (Target - Source)]:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Select
'In PSP2 and not in PSE2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL

MINUS

Select
'In PSP2 and not in PSE2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE2

UNION ALL

Select
'In PSE2 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE2

MINUS

Select
'In PSE2 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL



Below is the Macro I wrote to execute this query. I masked the values
of UID and PWD here purposefully. Here PSP2 and PSE2 are 2 seperate
database instances. :
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub CompareMissingMacro1()

With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
"ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft ODBC for
Oracle};UID=userid;PWD=password;SERVER=PSP2;", _
Destination:=Range("A1"))
.CommandText = Array( _
"Select 'In PSP2 and not in PSE1' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10)
_
, _
"MINUS" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSP2 and not in PSE1' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE1" & Chr(13) &
"" & Chr(10) _
, _
"UNION ALL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSE1 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE1" & Chr(13) &
"" & Chr(10) _
, _
"MINUS" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSE1 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10)
_
)
.Name = "Query from ora_psp2"
.FieldNames = True
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = True
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.BackgroundQuery = True
.RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
.SavePassword = True
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.PreserveColumnInfo = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Sheets("Sheet1").Name = "ACTN_REASON_TBL"
End Sub

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would appreciate if anyone can look into this and shred some light as
to what is causing this error to occur. Pls let me know if you need
more info.

Thank you
Siva


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I probably shuldn't be responding to this question, since I've never made an
ODBC connection to a database before, but...
Do you need a defined name (range) in your new spreadhseet called "Query
from ora_psp2"?

"SKS " wrote in message
...
Hi

I wrote a vba function that should return data to the excel spreadsheet
after querying the Oracle database. I have installed and created a
Microsoft ODBC connection for Oracle on my workstation.

If I manually open excel workbook and navigate to Data, Get External
Data, New Database Query, connect to the database, click on the SQL
pushbutton and paste the query, click OK and hit the Return Data
pushbutton, the query return data to the spreadsheet without any
issues.

I recorded all the above steps in a Macro and wrote a similar vba
function for extracting data for another table. I then reopened another
workbook, navigated to Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor and pasted the
vba function that I wrote over there and executed it.

It then gives me this error "Run Time Error '1004' General ODBC Error".
When I click on the Debug, it highlights the following line of code in
yellow:
Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False

Here is the query I am using. This query reads data from all the Key
fields of the same table from 2 database instances (source and target)
and retrieves all the rows that are missing in either of the databases
[(Source - Target) + (Target - Source)]:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Select
'In PSP2 and not in PSE2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL

MINUS

Select
'In PSP2 and not in PSE2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE2

UNION ALL

Select
'In PSE2 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE2

MINUS

Select
'In PSE2 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES,
ACTION,
ACTION_REASON,
EFFDT
from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL



Below is the Macro I wrote to execute this query. I masked the values
of UID and PWD here purposefully. Here PSP2 and PSE2 are 2 seperate
database instances. :
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub CompareMissingMacro1()

With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
"ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft ODBC for
Oracle};UID=userid;PWD=password;SERVER=PSP2;", _
Destination:=Range("A1"))
CommandText = Array( _
"Select 'In PSP2 and not in PSE1' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10)
_
, _
"MINUS" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSP2 and not in PSE1' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE1" & Chr(13) &
"" & Chr(10) _
, _
"UNION ALL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSE1 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL@COMPARE_PSE1" & Chr(13) &
"" & Chr(10) _
, _
"MINUS" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) _
, _
"Select 'In PSE1 and not in PSP2' INSTANCES, ACTION,
ACTION_REASON, EFFDT from PS_ACTN_REASON_TBL" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10)
_
)
Name = "Query from ora_psp2"
FieldNames = True
RowNumbers = False
FillAdjacentFormulas = False
PreserveFormatting = True
RefreshOnFileOpen = False
BackgroundQuery = True
RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
SavePassword = True
SaveData = True
AdjustColumnWidth = True
RefreshPeriod = 0
PreserveColumnInfo = True
Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Sheets("Sheet1").Name = "ACTN_REASON_TBL"
End Sub

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

I would appreciate if anyone can look into this and shred some light as
to what is causing this error to occur. Pls let me know if you need
more info.

Thank you
Siva


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