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Hi,
Wondering if there's a way to use a parameter to define the ODBC Data source. I want to connect via CData's ODBC driver for Xero. This provides access to multiple tables via SQL statements. I have parameters for the ConnectionString, and the SQL filters. The SQL filter works fine, but if I swap in a parameter for the COnnectionString it reads the parameter reference as the ConnectionString and throws an error.
This works:
= Odbc.Query("dsn=BFA Sys", "Select * from TrialBalance where date=[PeriodEnding]")
would like it to be:
= Odbc.Query("dsn=[Connection]", "Select * from TrialBalance where date=[PeriodEnding]")
where [Connection] is a parameter returning the connection source, but this gives an error saying [Connection] is not a valid source.
Is there some syntax I'm missing?
Thanks!
@simonb I believe it would be like below, assuming your parameter name is Connection
= Odbc.Query("dsn=" & [Connection] & ", "Select * from TrialBalance where date=[PeriodEnding]")
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@parry2k thanks, that returns a Token Comma Expected error highlighting Select
I've tried a few iterations but can't find one that works...any thoughts?
Thanks,
Simon
@simonb sorry I had typo in my message, try this
= Odbc.Query("dsn=" & [Connection] & ", Select * from TrialBalance where date=[PeriodEnding]")
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That changes the error to:
Expression.Error: There is an unknown identifier. Did you use the [field] shorthand for a _[field] outside of an 'each' expression?
Sorry!
I think this will work:
= Odbc.Query("dsn=" & Connection & "", Select * from TrialBalance where date=[PeriodEnding]")
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