Re: ODBC Connection to an Oracle Database

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From: Joe Fallon (jfallon1_at_nospamtwcny.rr.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 19:57:34 -0400

This may help - when you link, you tell Access to save the password.

I use this procedure to re-create links to Oracle.
There is a local Access table (tblODBCTables) that contains the table names
and primary key fields I want to link to on the Server.
Note: the source table name needs the Schema User prefix which is in the
code. The linked table name usually omits this.

Public Function LinkOracleTables(strDSN As String, strSchema As Variant,
strSchemaPwd As Variant) As Boolean
On Error GoTo Err_LinkOracleTables

  Dim db As Database, rs As Recordset, tdfAccess As TableDef, qdf As
QueryDef
  Dim dbODBC As Database, strConnect As String, strSQL As String

  If strDSN = "" Then
    MsgBox "You must supply a DSN in order to link tables."
    Exit Sub
  Else
    strConnect = "ODBC;DSN=" & strDSN & ";UID=xyz" & ";PWD=abc;"
  End If

  SysCmd acSysCmdSetStatus, "Connecting to Oracle..."

  Call DeleteODBCTableNames

  Set db = CurrentDb
  Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("tblODBCTables")
  Set dbODBC = OpenDatabase("", False, False, strConnect)
  DoCmd.SetWarnings False

  Do While Not rs.EOF
    Set tdfAccess = db.CreateTableDef(rs![LinkTablename], dbAttachSavePWD)
    tdfAccess.Connect = dbODBC.Connect
     tdfAccess.SourceTableName = strSchema & "." & rs![LinkTablename]
    db.TableDefs.Append tdfAccess
    'run pseudo index queries here. If the table does not exist then this
gets skipped.
    strSQL = "CREATE INDEX " & rs![LinkTablename] & "Idx ON " &
rs![LinkTablename] & " (" & rs![IndexFields] & ");"
    DoCmd.RunSQL strSQL
TableNotInCollection:
    rs.MoveNext
  Loop

  LinkOracleTables = True

Exit_LinkOracleTables:
  On Error Resume Next
  DoCmd.SetWarnings True
  rs.Close
  Set rs = Nothing
  Set dbODBC = Nothing
  Set db = Nothing
  SysCmd acSysCmdClearStatus
  Exit Function

Err_LinkOracleTables:
  Select Case Err.Number
    Case 3151
      MsgBox ("There is an ODBC datasource problem." & vbCrLf & "Please
verify the DSN and database are spelled correctly." & vbCrLf & "Note: They
can be case sensitive.")
    Case 3265, 3011, 7874 'item not in collection - table does not exist, or
can't find object
        Resume TableNotInCollection
    Case Else
      MsgBox "Error # " & Err.Number & " was generated by " & Err.Source &
vbCrLf & Err.Description, , "LogOnCode - LinkOracleTables"
  End Select
  LinkOracleTables = False
  Resume Exit_LinkOracleTables

End Function

'This procedure deletes all linked ODBC table names in an mdb.
Public Sub DeleteODBCTableNames()
On Error GoTo Err_DeleteODBCTableNames

    Dim dbs As Database, tdf As TableDef, I As Integer
    Set dbs = CurrentDb
    For I = dbs.TableDefs.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
      Set tdf = dbs.TableDefs(I)
      If (tdf.Attributes And dbAttachedODBC) Then
        dbs.TableDefs.Delete (tdf.Name)
      End If
    Next I

    dbs.Close
    Set dbs = Nothing

Exit_DeleteODBCTableNames:
    Exit Sub

Err_DeleteODBCTableNames:
    MsgBox ("Error # " & Str(Err.Number) & " was generated by " & Err.Source
& Chr(13) & Err.Description)
    Resume Exit_DeleteODBCTableNames

End Sub 

-- 
Joe Fallon
Access MVP
"Mike L" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:797201c43146$c0598320$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am using the Oracle8 ODBC driver to connect to an Oracle
> database. I want to convert code from a passthrough query
> into a module and am having no luck imbedding the
> passwrod. I include the PWD in the ODBC/OpenConnection
> setting but each time I run the module it asks for the PWD.
>
> Any hints or pointers to better documentation in the 97
> help (yes, I am stuck using 97).
>
> Thanks
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