InsertDatabase Method
Retrieves data from a data source (for example, a separate Word document, a Microsoft Excel worksheet, or a Microsoft Access database) and inserts the data as a table in place of the specified range.
expression.InsertDatabase(Format, Style, LinkToSource, Connection, SQLStatement, SQLStatement1, PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate, WritePasswordDocument, WritePasswordTemplate, DataSource, From, To, IncludeFields)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Range object.
Format Optional Variant. A format listed in the Formats box in the Table AutoFormat dialog box (Table menu). Can be any of the WdTableFormat constants. A border is applied to the cells in the table by default.
Style Optional Variant. The attributes of the AutoFormat specified by Format that are applied to the table. Use the sum of any combination of the following values:
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 (zero) | None |
| 1 | Borders |
| 2 | Shading |
| 4 | Font |
| 8 | Color |
| 16 | Auto Fit |
| 32 | Heading Rows |
| 64 | Last Row |
| 128 | First Column |
| 256 | Last Column |
LinkToSource Optional Variant. True to establish a link between the new table and the data source.
Connection Optional Variant. A range within which to perform the query specified by SQLStatement. How you specify the range depends on how data is retrieved. For example:
- When retrieving data through ODBC, you specify a connection string.
- When retrieving data from Microsoft Excel by using dynamic data exchange (DDE), you specify a named range or "Entire Spreadsheet."
- When retrieving data from Microsoft Access, you specify the word "Table" or "Query" followed by the name of a table or query.
SQLStatement Optional String. An optional query string that retrieves a subset of the data in a primary data source to be inserted into the document.
SQLStatement1 Optional String. If the query string is longer than 255 characters, SQLStatement denotes the first portion of the string and SQLStatement1 denotes the second portion.
PasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password (if any) required to open the data source.
PasswordTemplate Optional Variant. If the data source is a Word document, this argument is the password (if any) required to open the attached template.
WritePasswordDocument Optional Variant. The password required to save changes to the document.
WritePasswordTemplate Optional Variant. The password required to save changes to the template.
DataSource Optional Variant. The path and file name of the data source.
From Optional Variant. The number of the first data record in the range of records to be inserted.
To Optional Variant. The number of the last data record in the range of records to be inserted.
IncludeFields Optional Variant. True to include field names from the data source in the first row of the new table.
Example
This example inserts a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet named "Data.xls" after the selection . The Style value (191) is a combination of the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 128.
With Selection
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
.Range.InsertDatabase _
Format:=wdTableFormatSimple2, Style:=191, _
LinkToSource:=False, Connection:="Entire Spreadsheet", _
DataSource:="C:\MSOffice\Excel\Data.xls"
End With