What is the syntax for querying an oracle linked table in access 2007

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What is the syntax for querying an oracle linked table in access 2007

lewis.ray

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January 29, 2013 at 8:53 am

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I have an oracle linked table in an access 2007 database that is linked via an odbc connection.
I have not used access much and am unsure of the structure and syntax of a select statement to a linked table. Could someone please provide and example of one.
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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 1

Access has linked servers?

i think i just read your question wrong.

If you've correctly set up an Oracle Linked server, you can first use sp_tables_ex MyOracle and you should see a list of some tables.

You posted in a SQL server web site, and talked about Linked servers, which are in SQL server as well....

after that, it's going to require specifics concerning the data there, but it would look something like this:

--list all the tables and their names

EXEC sp_tables_ex MyOracle

GO

select * from MyOracle..SCOTT.EMP

select * from MyOracle..USERNAME.TABLENAME

select * from MyOracle..MFHDS.GMACT

From SQl Server,

Access linked servers look almost exactly the same, but with no user

EXEC sp_tables_ex MyAccess

select * from MyAccess...Invoices;

however, I have not gotten a 64 bit Access Linked server to work yet; as far as i know the ACE driver is broken as far as Access, but works for Excel.

Lowell

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lewis.ray SSC Veteran Points: 200 More actions · Answer 2

Maybe I was't all that clear.

Let me expand on the problem.

I have an oracle linked table in an access 2007 database.

I created the linked table with an odbc.

when I run the following statement I get an error saying "sytax error near from"

select column1, column2

from linked table.

I was wondering if I need to us an openquery or openrowset in the statement.

Thanks for the help on this.

nick.mcdermaid Hall of Fame Points: 3809 More actions · Answer 3

MS Access does not have OPENQUERY or OPENROWSET. Those are SQL Server keywords.

This is a SQL Server/Oracle forum. You need to clarify whether you are talking about MS Access or SQL Server.

What happens when you double click your linked table in MS Access - does it show data?

What happens when you create a query in MS Access - does it work and show data?

PaulB-TheOneAndOnly SSC Guru Points: 66772 More actions · Answer 4

lewis.ray (1/29/2013)
I have an oracle linked table in an access 2007 database.
I created the linked table with an odbc.
when I run the following statement I get an error saying "sytax error near from"
select column1, column2
from linked table.

I really doubt that's the actual select statement you are running. Please copy/paste both the statement and the full error message.

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