excel vba sql

Excel VBA SQL refers to the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) in Microsoft Excel's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language.

With Excel VBA SQL, developers can write SQL queries in their VBA code to interact with a database and retrieve or manipulate data. This allows users to perform complex data analysis and automate data-related tasks in Excel.

Excel VBA SQL can be used with various database management systems, such as Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL. It involves connecting to the database, writing SQL statements to query or update data, and then processing the results in Excel.

Example:

Here is an example of Excel VBA SQL code that retrieves data from an Access database:

Sub GetCustomers()
Dim cn As Object
Dim rs As Object
Dim strSQL As String

Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

cn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Customers.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;"

strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country='USA'"

rs.Open strSQL, cn

'Process the results
While Not rs.EOF
Debug.Print rs("CustomerName")
rs.MoveNext
Wend

rs.Close
cn.Close
End Sub

This code connects to an Access database and retrieves all customers with a Country value of 'USA'. It then prints the customer names to the Immediate window in the VBA editor.