Question

I have an access 2010 application with a SQL Server database.

But I need to do an offline version. So I thought I would create a local SQL Server database on their computers then they can run a script to update their data before they go on the road.

NOTE: There won’t be any sync. The data in offline mode is only for read-only and any changes will be lost.

I tried with Management Studio like this:

But I realized that the data is hard coded instead of doing inserts from selects.

Is there any easy way to create the script?

What I have so far is my pass through query in access to create the backup of my online database.
Then I have my pass through query to restore the backup to the local server.

The only problem is how can I build the connection string for the second query. It’s currently set to this one

ODBC;DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=010-068\SQLEXPRESS;UID=marcAndreL;Trusted_Connection=Yes;DATABASE=SMD

but because it’s a different database for everyone, it won’t work.

How can we build a custom connection string?

Answer 1

I am using SQL Server Express 2012 and Windows Authentication, so using the answer provided here, I find this works for me:

Sub TestCon()
Dim cn As New ADODB.Connection

    cn.Open ServerConLocal
End Sub

Function ServerConLocal()
    ''OleDB Connection
    ServerConLocal = "Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;" _
    & "Initial Catalog=Test;Integrated Security=SSPI;"
End Function

For an ODBC connection string in a Pass-through query, this works for me:

ODBC;Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Database=test;

Trusted_Connection=yes;