10/10/2017 62191 - Connect to SQL 2005 Express Database Using ADO

Connect to SQL 2005 Express Database Using ADO

62191 | Date Created: 06/11/2009 | Last Updated: 07/01/2016
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Question
How can I use ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to connect to a SQL 2005 Express Database?

Answer
The following code will connect to a SQL 2005 Express database that is running locally (on the same PC that the code is executed from).

It was executed on a FactoryTalk View SE CPR9 Display.

SQL 2005 Express was installed following the instructions in Appendix D of the FactoryTalk Alarm and Events Quick Start Guide
(http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/qs/FactoryTalk Activationse-qs001_-en-e.pdf), pub. no. FactoryTalk ActivationsE-QS001A-EN-
E, August 2007.
You need to add the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library.

This example will connect to a database named FTAlarms, which was being used to log Alarm and Event history. Use your own database name in the code below.

When the button is pressed, it does the following:

Connects to the database.

Queries the FTser.TrackingEvent table.
Gets the information from the SourceName and Message columns.
Populates the listbox.

To connect to a SQL 2005 Express database running locally, complete the following steps:

1. Create a new display.

a. Add a Microsoft Forms 2.0 Listbox control and a Command Button.
b. The listbox control should have a default name of ListBox1, which can be checked by right-clicking on it, then selecting Property Panel.
c. Make the control about half the size of the display.
2. Right click on the Command Button and select Property Panel.

Make sure ExposeToVBA is set to VBA control.

Do the same for the Listbox.

3. Right-click on the Command Button and select VBA code.

4. Copy and paste the code below into the sub routine.

Make sure you change the Database to the one you want to connect to and the correct table when doing the query.

5. Save it, put the display in Test Run and press the button. The Listbox should be populated.

Below is the code to use in step 4.

Dim Con As New ADODB.Connection

Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset

Con.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQL Native Client;" _

& "Server=.\SQLEXPRESS;" _
& "Database=FTAlarms;" _
& "Trusted_Connection=YES;" _
& "DataTypeCompatibility=80;" _
& "MARS Connection=True;"
Con.Open

Set rst.ActiveConnection = Con

rst.ActiveConnection = Con
rst.Source = "Select * From FTser.TrackingEvent"
rst.Open
ListBox1.Visible = False
ListBox1.AddItem "Alarm Name"
While Not rst.EOF
ListBox1.AddItem rst.Fields("SourceName").Value & " --------- " & rst.Fields("Message").Value

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rst.MoveNext
Wend

ListBox1.Visible = True

rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
Con.Close
Set Con = Nothing

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