********************************* ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity ********************************* 
Basic Steps 
Connecting to the SQL Server DataBase for retrieving information from tables 
 ************************************************************* The steps 1 - 3 are for connecting to the SQL Server Database ************************************************************* 
 1. Allocate ODBC Environment Handle 
If SQLAllocEnv(glEnv) <> 0 Then   MsgBox "Unable to initialize ODBC API drivers!"   End End If ______________________________________________________________ 
2. Allocate ODBC Database Handle 
Dim iStatus As Integer 
If SQLAllocConnect(glEnv, glDbc) <> 0 Then   MsgBox "Could not allocate memory for connection Handle!"   ODBCInit = False 
  ' Free the Environment   iStatus = SQLFreeEnv(lEnv) 
  If iStatus = SQL_ERROR Then     MsgBox "Error Freeing Environment From ODBC Drivers"   End If 
  ' Quit the Application   End End If ______________________________________________________________  
3. Connect using the sConnect string - SQLDriverConnect 
Dim sResult As String Dim iSize As Integer Dim sConnect As String 
sConnect = "DSN=" & gsDSN & ";UID=" & gsLoginID & ";PWD=" & gsPassword & ";APP=" & gsAppCode & ";DATABASE=" & gsDatabase 
If SQLDriverConnect(glDbc, Screen.ActiveForm.hWnd, sConnect, Len(sConnect), sResult, Len(sResult), iSize, 0) <= 0 Then   MsgBox "Could not establish connection to ODBC driver!" End If ______________________________________________________________ 
 *************************************************** The steps 4 - 8 are for retrieving data from tables *************************************************** 
 4. Allocate ODBC Statement Handle 
If SQLAllocStmt(glDbc, glStmt) <> 0 Then 
   MsgBox "Could not allocate memory for a statement handle!" 
End If ______________________________________________________________ 
5. Execute ODBC Statement - SQLExecDirect 
Dim lRet As Long, lErrNo As Long Dim iLen As Integer Dim sSQLState As String * MAX_DATA_BUFFER Dim sErrorMsg As String * MAX_DATA_BUFFER Dim sMsg As String 
sSQL = "SELECT name, location FROM authors" 
If SQLExecDirect(glStmt, sSQL, Len(sSQL)) <> SQL_SUCCESS Then   ' Also Check for ODBC Error message - SQLError   lRet = SQLError(glEnv, gldbc, glStmt, sSQLState, lErrNo, sErrorMsg, MAX_DATA_BUFFER, iLen)   sMsg = "Error Executing SQL Statement" & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)   sMsg = sMsg & "ODBC State = " & Trim$(Left$(sSQLState, InStr(sSQLState, Chr$(0)) - 1)) & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)   sMsg = sMsg & "ODBC Error Message = " & Left$(sErrorMsg, iLen)   MsgBox sMsg, vbInformation, "Execute Query" End If ______________________________________________________________ 
6. Fetch one row of results from executed ODBC Statement - SQLFetch 
Code in Step 7. ______________________________________________________________ 
7. Get the Data in each field of the Fetched row - SQLGetData 
Dim bPerform As Integer, iStatus As Integer Dim sData As String * MAX_DATA_BUFFER Dim lOutLen As Long 
bPerform = SQLFetch(glStmt) 
Do While bPerform   bPerform = SQLFetch(lStmt)     ' Get the next row of data   If bPerform = SQL_SUCCESS Then    ‘ If rows of data available        bPerform = True 
    ' Get Author Name - iColumn = 1 for first field i.e. name in sSQL      iStatus = SQLGetData(glStmt, iColumn, 1, sData, MAX_DATA_BUFFER, lOutLen) 
    ' lOutlen = length of the valid data in sData     ' Data value will be = Left$(sData, lOutlen), lOutlen = -1 if no data or Null data 
    ' Get Location - iColumn = 2 for second field i.e. location in sSQL     iStatus = SQLGetData(glStmt, iColumn, 1, sData, MAX_DATA_BUFFER, lOutLen) 
     ' Add the Field Data to Correponding Data Display Controls for this row   Else     bPerform = False  ' No more rows available   End If Loop 
'Release the ODBC Statement Handle bPerform = SQLFreeStmt(glStmt, SQL_DROP) ______________________________________________________________ 
8. Release the ODBC Statement Handle - SQLFreeSTmt 
Code in Step 7. ______________________________________________________________ 
******************************************************************* The steps 9 - 11 are for Disconnecting from the SQL Server DataBase ******************************************************************* 
 9. Disconnect from ODBC Database - SQLDisconnect 
iStatus = SQLDisconnect(glDbc) ______________________________________________________________ 
10. Release the ODBC Database Handle - SQLFreeConnect 
iStatus = SQLFreeConnect(glDbc) ______________________________________________________________ 
11. Release the ODBC Environment Handle - SQLFreeEnv 
iStatus = SQLFreeEnv(glEnv) ______________________________________________________________  
*********************************************************************** The following entries are required in the ODBCAPI module *********************************************************************** 
' ODBC Variables and Constants   Global glEnv As Long Global glDbc As Long Global sSQL As String   Global Const MAX_DATA_BUFFER = 255 Global Const SQL_SUCCESS = 0 Global Const SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO = 1 Global Const SQL_ERROR = -1 Global Const SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND = 100 Global Const SQL_CLOSE = 0 Global Const SQL_DROP = 1 Global Const SQL_CHAR = 1 Global Const SQL_NUMERIC = 2 Global Const SQL_DECIMAL = 3 Global Const SQL_INTEGER = 4 Global Const SQL_SMALLINT = 5 Global Const SQL_FLOAT = 6 Global Const SQL_REAL = 7 Global Const SQL_DOUBLE = 8 Global Const SQL_VARCHAR = 12 Global Const SQL_DATA_SOURCE_NAME = 6 Global Const SQL_USER_NAME = 8 
 'ODBC Declarations 'The hWnd is a Long in Windows 95 & Windows NT 
#If Win32 Then   Declare Function SQLAllocEnv Lib "odbc32.dll" (env As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLFreeEnv Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal env As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLAllocConnect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal env As Long, ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLConnect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal Server As String,ByVal serverlen As Integer, ByVal uid As String, ByVal   uidlen As Integer, ByVal pwd As String, ByVal pwdlen As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLDriverConnect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal szCSIn As String, ByVal cbCSIn As   Integer,ByVal szCSOut As String, ByVal cbCSMax As Integer, cbCSOut As Integer, ByVal f As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLFreeConnect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLDisconnect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLAllocStmt Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, lStmt As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLFreeStmt Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal EndOption As Integer) As Integer   Declare Function SQLTables Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal q As Long, ByVal cbq As Integer, ByVal o As Long, ByVal cbo As Integer,   ByVal t As Long, ByVal cbt As Integer, ByVal tt As Long, ByVal cbtt As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLExecDirect Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal sqlString As String, ByVal sqlstrlen As Long) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLNumResultCols Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, NumCols As Integer) As Integer   Declare Function SQLDescribeCol Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal colnum As Integer, ByVal colname As String, ByVal Buflen As   Integer, colnamelen As Integer, dtype As Integer, dl As Long, ds As Integer, n As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLFetch Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLGetData Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal col As Integer, ByVal wConvType As Integer, ByVal lpbBuf As String,   ByVal dwbuflen As Long, lpcbout As Long) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLGetInfo Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal szInfo As String, ByVal cbInfoMax As Integer,   cbInfoOut As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLError Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal env As Long, ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal SQLState As String, NativeError As   Long, ByVal Buffer As String, ByVal Buflen As Integer, Outlen As Integer) As Integer 
#Else
    Declare Function SQLAllocEnv Lib "odbc.dll" (env As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLFreeEnv Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal env As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLAllocConnect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal env As Long, ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLConnect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal Server As String, ByVal serverlen As Integer, ByVal uid As String, ByVal   uidlen As Integer, ByVal pwd As String, ByVal pwdlen As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLDriverConnect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal szCSIn As String, ByVal cbCSIn As Integer,   ByVal szCSOut As String, ByVal cbCSMax As Integer, cbCSOut As Integer, ByVal f As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLFreeConnect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLDisconnect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLAllocStmt Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, lStmt As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLFreeStmt Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal EndOption As Integer) As Integer   Declare Function SQLTables Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal q As Long, ByVal cbq As Integer, ByVal o As Long, ByVal cbo As Integer,   ByVal t As Long, ByVal cbt As Integer, ByVal tt As Long, ByVal cbtt As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLExecDirect Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal sqlString As String, ByVal sqlstrlen As Long) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLNumResultCols Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, NumCols As Integer) As Integer   Declare Function SQLDescribeCol Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal colnum As Integer, ByVal colname As String, ByVal Buflen As Integer,   colnamelen As Integer, dtype As Integer, dl As Long, ds As Integer, n As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLFetch Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long) As Integer   Declare Function SQLGetData Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal col As Integer, ByVal wConvType As Integer, ByVal lpbBuf As String, ByVal   dwbuflen As Long, lpcbout As Long) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLGetInfo Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal szInfo As String, ByVal cbInfoMax As   Integer,cbInfoOut As Integer) As Integer 
  Declare Function SQLError Lib "odbc.dll" (ByVal env As Long, ByVal ldbc As Long, ByVal lStmt As Long, ByVal SQLState As String, NativeError As   Long, ByVal Buffer As String, ByVal Buflen As Integer, Outlen As Integer) As Integer 
#End If  
 
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