Vetica query execution from Excel

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Vetica query execution from Excel

Post by pratik4891 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:13 am

Hello ,

I have fond a very useful article about how to connect to vertica from excel.

My requirement is to execute sql query which stored in excel cell value in vetica DB
Any idea on how to do that ?

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Re: Vetica query execution from Excel

Post by pratik4891 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:40 pm

Hi,

I have tried to execute the below command from macro
Code:
Sub abc()
Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim query As String
Set con = New ADODB.Connection
Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
strcon = "Driver={C:\Program Files (x86)\Vertica Systems\lib\vertica_6.0_odbc_3.5.dll}; " & _
"CONNECTSTRING=(DESCRIPTION=Dev" & _
"(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)" & _
"(HOST=XXXX)(PORT=XXXX))" & _
"(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=XX.XX.XX.XX))); uid=XXX@XX.com; pwd=XXXX;"
con.Open (strcon)
End Sub
I am getting the error "Data source name not found and default driver specified"
Please let me know how can I resolve this ?

Thanks,

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Re: Vetica query execution from Excel

Post by JimKnicely » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:18 pm

Hi,
Driver={C:\Program Files (x86)\Vertica Systems\lib\vertica_6.0_odbc_3.5.dll};
Check your driver file. Vertica 6? Yikes, that's like 2 years ago :(
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