How to select from table where table is including åäö characters? - mysql

I have set my mysql database, tables and columns to be charset utf8mb4.
I have set the .asp page to have Response.charset="utf-8"
How do write a select where I check if the rs is including åäö characters?
If I use the below and the variable is without åäö then it works, but if the variable contains a word with åäö, then it doesn´t find it!
thepassword="trött"
sql = "SELECT * FROM table where password = '"& thepassword &"' ;"
set rs = conn.Execute (sql)
Any input really appreciated, thanks.

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Excel VBA mysql query with string variable

So i'm doing this simple sql select from mysql database in my VBA code:
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT sum(operation_employee_execution_time) FROM employee_operation where employee_last_name like '" & sEmployee & "'"
and it is not working. If I do msgbox(cmd.CommandText) I see properly formatted SQL query:
Unfortunately result of that query is nothing (meaning like clause could not find a match), but if I hardcode the value of the variable like this:
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT sum(operation_employee_execution_time) FROM employee_operation where employee_last_name like 'Levkovic'"
It works perfectly...
Anyone could give me some advice here? I thought that this will be some sort of encoding problem but adding "CharacterSet=utf8;" to my connection string did not help (that column in db is utf8mb4_bin)
Thank you all for input, problem was that the Excel cell that was read to the variable sEmployee had some unicode characters.

Access with 1 MySQL Table asking for credentials

I have a access database using a local sql server backend for all tables except 1 web based MySQL table. The MySQL table has 50 rows or so, 3 fields, not big at all. I have a odbc connection setup and the table is linked with the password saved. This table is updated 30 times per day at most... Sometimes the connection breaks and the MySQL connection popup will appear... clicking test will result in a success, and clicking ok will allow the code to proceed. It is doing a 1 line update (SET LastUpdatedDate = #" & now() & "# WHERE ItemID = 'xyz').
I want to capture an error, or get it to continue without the connection if it is unavailable... but it appears no error is generated. I would rather not update the table when this happens, then have to physically select ok to get it running again. This problem exists from multiple locations, on multiple PCs around the US. I assume it is the server the MySQL db is hosted on that is having problems - I just want to know how to ignore them and move on with the other code... again, no error generated (So On Error ... won't work). Any Ideas? Using Access 2016.
UPDATE: My current setup is to ping the server... and if the ping gets a response, I assume it is up... then I run 'CurrentDb.Execute "UPDATE XYZ SET ABC = 'DEF' WHERE GHI = 'JKL'". That simple. If I try to query the table XYZ and it isn't available, I get the same connection popup. How should I go about refreshing the table? Delete the link and recreate?
NEW UPDATE
Finally got around to try out the DSN-less pass through query proposed by Andre below. When I get to the 'execute' step I get an error saying I cannot execute a select query... but it is an update query. Here is the SQL string... .SQL = "UPDATE [Status] SET ItemDate = NOW() WHERE PlantID = '" & PlantID & "' AND ItemID = '" & ItemID & "'"
I suggest that instead of running an Access query on the linked table, you use a DSN-less Pass-Through query that you create on the fly.
This should either always work, or raise a trappable error.
Const ConnectString = "ODBC;DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};SERVER=your.server.com;PORT=3306;DATABASE=mydatabase;UID=myuserid;PWD=mypassword"
Dim qdf As DAO.QueryDef
Set qdf = CurrentDb.CreateQueryDef("")
With qdf
' Setting .Connect turns it into a Pass-Through query
.Connect = ConnectString
' Need to set this for non-SELECT queries
.ReturnsRecords = False
' Note: you need to use MySql syntax here, not Access SQL, especially the correct date format
.SQL = "UPDATE XYZ SET ABC = 'DEF' WHERE GHI = 'JKL'"
' or since MySql has a NOW() function too, just this:
.SQL = "UPDATE foo SET LastUpdatedDate = NOW() WHERE ItemID = 'xyz'"
.Execute
End With
You can also try a saved Pass-Through query, it might work as well. Then you would only need to supply the current .Sql, not the connect string.
Maybe you will get an helpful error if you execute your SQL command with the option dbFailOnError ? Like CurrentDB.Execute("Your SQL", dbFailOnError)
Before trying the UPDATE, do a simple SELECT. If it does not return a reasonable result, assume that the connection is down.

Howto write DDL ALTER TABLE Modify statement using string variable for TABLE name

In a loop I want to change for some fields the Type and Length programmatically.
With the DDL Statement ALTER Table Alter Column I was successful,
but only with the hardcoded table name. For the Field Name I could use
the a string variable.
As I wrote the table name TDF.Name, which was the product
of a "For each TDF" statement, and running this code:
Set dbs = CurrentDb()
For Each TDF In dbs.TableDefs
strfield = "M1"
strSQL = "ALTER TABLE TDF.Name ALTER COLUMN strField TEXT(5);"
DBEngine(0)(0).Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError
an error occured. "TDF.MDB" could not be found.
Please can somebody tell me the right Syntax for the
variables for the target database and table
table e.g. -> "databasename.MDB / tablename" ?
Many thanks in advance
Helmut Steinecker
The db engine doesn't know anything about TDF.Name and strField, so include their values in your DDL statement ...
strSQL = "ALTER TABLE [" & TDF.Name & "] ALTER COLUMN [" & strField & "] TEXT(5);"
Beware For Each TDF In dbs.TableDefs means the code will attempt to execute an ALTER TABLE against every table in the database, including system tables such as MSysObjects. I suggest you should not attempt to alter system tables ...
For Each TDF In dbs.TableDefs
If Not (TDF.Name Like "MSys*") Then
' ALTER TABLE
End If
Next
Many Thanks, HansUp,
Since I have read so many answers of yours,
I was hoping, you will answer and so:
You gave me the solution.
May I append a database Name to the table variable?
Since I had 255 fields, I got the famous - too many fields error message.
I will reduce the fields, and then, slowly, increase by
adding fields. With 600 tables, this will be another DDL statement.
but now I am on the way to success.
Many thanks from Bavaria, Ottobrunn, south of Munich.
Reducing the number of fields, mostly MEMO fields - for me, better than Text fields, for my purposes, did work. Now I have 6xLongInteger, 1xText, 241xMEMO fields and now I get no more the "Too Many Fields" message.

ALTER TABLE Syntax Error

I'm having trouble with an update query in Access.
I'm trying to do two things, add a field to a table, and change all values in another field to the same value.
ALTER TABLE 103 ADD COLUMN test TEXT;
UPDATE 103 SET [103].Workcenter = "103";
When I run these two lines independently, they work fine, but when I put them in the same query I get "Syntax Error in ALTER TABLE" statement. Does anyone know why I can't do this?
It would also be great if I could add a column and update all values in that field to a default value. I've tried DEFAULT in the ALTER TABLE command but it's not working either.
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
AS ron tornambe said, you can't have more than a single command in an Access Query. They do not support batching.
VBA code is your friend when doing alterations on tables: The Data Definition Language used in Access is more limited than what is available from VBA when directly manipulating the database objects.
For instance, to do exactly what you seek:
Public Sub AddFieldAndUpdate()
' Initialise '
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim tb As DAO.TableDef
Dim fd As DAO.Field
Set db = CurrentDb()
' Get the 103 table '
Set tb = db.TableDefs("103")
' Create a new 'test' field, 128 char long '
Set fd = tb.CreateField("test", dbText, 128)
' Set the Default value for the new field '
fd.DefaultValue = "000"
' Add the new field to the 103 table
tb.Fields.Append fd
' Now do the update
db.Execute "UPDATE 103 SET [103].Workcenter = '103';", dbFailOnError
Debug.Print "Number of Updated records: " & db.RecordsAffected
' Cleanup
Set fd = Nothing
Set tb = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Sub
This is the jest of it, although you probably want to do more than that, for instance, set indexes, default formatting, etc as required.
Some table design features are only available when using the DAO object model to modify the TableDef. Others are only available when executing a DDL statement from an ADO connection.
Your table design change involves features which are available with either method. Use whichever you wish, but I would personally choose this way:
Dim strDdl As String
strDdl = "ALTER TABLE 103 ADD COLUMN test TEXT(128) DEFAULT ""000"";"
CurrentProject.Connection.Execute strDdl

Run-time error '3061'. Too few parameters. Expected 1. (Access 2007)

I have the following 'set recordset' line that I cannot get working. The parameters seem correct according to all available help I can find on the subject.
The error displays :
"Run-time error '3061'. Too few parameters. Expected 1."
Here is the line of code:
Set rs = dbs.OpenRecordset("SELECT Centre_X, Centre_Y FROM [qry_all_details]
WHERE ID = " & siteID & ";", dbOpenSnapshot)
Where rs is the recordset (Dim rs As Recordset) and dbs = CurrentDb()
Any help would be appreciated.
I have tried removing the WHERE cause with no effect, and also using single quotes between double quotes, but no joy.
Many thanks.
"Run-time error '3061'. Too few parameters. Expected 1."
I believe this happens when the field name(s) in your sql query do not match the table field name(s), i.e. a field name in the query is wrong or perhaps the table is missing the field altogether.
you have:
WHERE ID = " & siteID & ";", dbOpenSnapshot)
you need:
WHERE ID = "'" & siteID & "';", dbOpenSnapshot)
Note the extra quotations ('). . . this kills me everytime
Edit: added missing double quote
(For those who read all answers). My case was simply the fact that I created a SQL expression using the format Forms!Table!Control. That format is Ok within a query, but DAO doesn't recognize it. I'm surprised that nobody commented this.
This doesn't work:
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset, strSQL As String
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Name = Forms!Table!Control;"
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strSQL)
This is Ok:
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset, strSQL, val As String
val = Forms!Table!Control
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Name = '" & val & "';"
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strSQL)
My problem was also solved by the Single Quotes around the variable name
I got the same error message before.
in my case, it was caused by type casting.
check if siteID is a string, if it is you must add simple quotes.
hope it will help you.
My problem turned out to be, I had altered a table to add a column called Char.
As this is a reserved word in MS Access it needed square brakcets (Single or double quote are no good) in order for the alter statement to work before I could then update the newly created column.
Make sure [qry_all_details] exists and is runnable. I suspect it or any query it uses, is missing the parameter.
I got the same error with something like:
Set rs = dbs.OpenRecordset _
( _
"SELECT Field1, Field2, FieldN " _
& "FROM Query1 " _
& "WHERE Query2.Field1 = """ & Value1 & """;" _
, dbOpenSnapshot _
)
I fixed the error by replacing "Query1" with "Query2"
In my case, I got this error when I tried to use in a query a new column, which I added to MySQL table (linked to MS Access), but didn't refresh it inside MS Access.
To refresh a linked remote table:
Open "Linked Table Manager" ("External Data" tab on ribbon);
Select a checkbox near the table you want to refresh;
Press "OK" button.
In my case I was receiving this error when running a query from VBA with this command:
CurrentDb.Execute "qryName"
Double clicking on the query to execute it, worked fine, no error.
Changing the code to the following also worked fine, no error.
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qryName"
Hope this helps someone else who is unexpectedly getting this error.
If someone could explain why the first command caused the error I'd love to know.
Does the query has more than the parameter siteID, becouse if you want to run the query one parameter still isn't filled witch gives you the error
In my case, I had simply changed the way I created a table and inadvertently changed the field name I tried to query. Make sure the field names you reference in the query actually exist in the table/query you are querying.
This Message is also possible to pop up, if there is a typo in the fields on which you define a join
Thanks for John Doe's solution that helped a lot. Mine is very similar with some difference, using TempVars
Instead of :
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Name = Forms!Table!Control;"
I used:
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Query1" , Query1 being common for other usage
Query1 as:
"Select Field1, Field2 from Table1 where Id= [TempVars]![MyVar]
And similarly, removing [TempVars]![MyVar] from view solved the problem.
In My case I had an INSERT INTO TableA (_ ,_ ,_) SELECT _ ,_ ,_ from TableB, a run-time error of 33061 was a field error. As #david mentioned. Either it was a field error: what I wrote in SQL statement as a column name did not match the column names in the actual access tables, for TableA or TableB.
I also have an error like #DATS but it was a run-time error 3464.