connecting oracle 12c to excel 2013

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I cannot connect oracle 12c database for 64 bit to excel 2013 macro....!!
It says Data source name not found and no default driver specified....is there something I am missing?? Kindly help....

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Posted 17-Mar-14 2:24am

planetz

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CHill60 17-Mar-14 8:26am

How are you attempting this connection? What is the connectionstring you've used?

planetz 17-Mar-14 8:49am

This is my code...

<pre lang="vb">
Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection
conn.Open "DRIVER={MICROSOFT ODBC FOR ORACLE};uid=xyz;pwd=x123".</pre>

And these are references used:
Visual Basic for Applications
MS Excel 15.0 Objct Lib
MS Office 15.0 Objct Lib
Ole Automation
MS Active Data Objects 2.0 Lib

Jörgen Andersson 17-Mar-14 17:15pm

Have you installed and configured the Oracle Client software?

planetz 18-Mar-14 7:23am

no I didn't...I have the database in my machine only...so...I used oracle 10g in office 2010...but then I didn't need to install any client..it worked fine with the above code...can you please tell me why will I need it and how to get the software? thank you...

Jörgen Andersson 18-Mar-14 7:55am

The machine that's having the database, already have the client installed. It's all other Machines that need a client

planetz 19-Mar-14 0:28am

Okk...it means I have client installed...now how can I connect oracle 12c to excel 2013?

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planetz · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-23T18:17:00

Ok....I got a way....making a DSN connection does it all....here are the steps:

My Computer ---> Control Panel ---> Administrative tools ---> Right click on ODBC data source(64 bit) ---> add ---> choose oracle driver ---> finish--> then window will open asking some username password and DSN name ---> create DSN use previously mentioned code like this:

VB

Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection
conn.Open "DSN=dsnName;uid=xyz;pwd=x123"

Thats it!! :) :)

If you want to make a DSN less connection then use this:

VB

Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection
conn.Open "driver={driver name in your machine};uid=xyz;pwd=x123"