Database Linked Spreadsheet

I have never done any programming in excel, I am a pretty experience programmer but here is my dillema. I need a spreadsheet, that when you type a value in a cell, it looks up the value in a database (it is the primary key of the table) and populates other columns in that row with the data associated with that value. Is this something feasable to program in excel? If it is, how would I go about getting this to work. Thanks.

-Jon Williamson

Try Data>External Data>Create Query

Search Help for Parametrized Query

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> I have never done any programming in excel, I am a pretty experience
> programmer but here is my dillema. I need a spreadsheet, that when you
> type a value in a cell, it looks up the value in a database (it is the
> primary key of the table) and populates other columns in that row with
> the data associated with that value. Is this something feasable to
> program in excel? If it is, how would I go about getting this to work.
> Thanks.
>
> -Jon Williamson
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Most would prepopulate the cell with (assume the value is entered in A1 -
then in B1)

=if(A1="","",vlookup(A1,Sheet3!A:M,3))

If you mean a database like Access or SQL Server rather than a "table" on a
worksheet, then you could retrieve the data by using the Change event as a
trigger.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/events.htm for an overview of what events are
available.

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"jwilliamson" wrote:

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> I have never done any programming in excel, I am a pretty experience
> programmer but here is my dillema. I need a spreadsheet, that when you
> type a value in a cell, it looks up the value in a database (it is the
> primary key of the table) and populates other columns in that row with
> the data associated with that value. Is this something feasable to
> program in excel? If it is, how would I go about getting this to work.
> Thanks.
>
> -Jon Williamson
>
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Now you need some VBA code.
You can use ADODB

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> I understand how to make a query for myself, but I need to prepare this
> spreadsheet in such a way that the user can open it, in column A type
> all of the primary key values they want to see data for, and have it
> fill in columns B-I with the data from the database about that primary
> key value. So that they can print it and show it to other managers. How
> would I go about doing that? Is it possible?
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I understand that I will need to do some coding, I just need to know where to start. I have all the data I need in my query, how do I get the query to use Cell A1, A2, A3... and so on to be a parameter for that query. So that when the user types a value in A1, B1-I1 are filled with the data from the query, and the same for A2, A3, etc...

Are you asking how to concatenate values into a string to be passed as the
SQL command for the query.

sSQL = "Select name from table1 where field1 = '" &
worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").value & "'"

or something of that form.

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> I understand that I will need to do some coding, I just need to know
> where to start. I have all the data I need in my query, how do I get
> the query to use Cell A1, A2, A3... and so on to be a parameter for
> that query. So that when the user types a value in A1, B1-I1 are filled
> with the data from the query, and the same for A2, A3, etc...
>
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Ok...let me try to explain again. We have a production database, on our SQL server. There is information in the database that the managers would like to be able to get on a spreadsheet. They want to be able to open the spreadsheet, click cell A1 and type in a primary key value. When they click another cell, press enter, or whatever the spreadsheet will use the value they typed in A1 and put it in the where clause of a query, that will populate cells B1-H1 with data from the table in the database where the primary key field equals the value they typed in A1. They want to be able to do this in any row of the spreadsheet, A1, A2, A3, etc...How can I create this spreadsheet/query so that it will work how they want it?

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> Ok...let me try to explain again. We have a production database, on our
> SQL server. There is information in the database that the managers
> would like to be able to get on a spreadsheet. They want to be able to
> open the spreadsheet, click cell A1 and type in a primary key value.
> When they click another cell, press enter, or whatever the spreadsheet
> will use the value they typed in A1 and put it in the where clause of a
> query, that will populate cells B1-H1 with data from the table in the
> database where the primary key field equals the value they typed in A1.
> They want to be able to do this in any row of the spreadsheet, A1, A2,
> A3, etc...How can I create this spreadsheet/query so that it will work
> how they want it?
>
>
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