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QueryTable.CommandType property (Excel)

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Returns or sets one of these XlCmdType constants: xlCmdCube, xlCmdDefault, xlCmdSql, or xlCmdTable. The constant that is returned or set describes the value of the CommandText property. The default value is xlCmdSQL. Read/write XlCmdType.

Syntax

expression.CommandType

expression An expression that returns a QueryTable object.

Remarks

You can set the CommandType property only if the value of the QueryType property for the query table or PivotTable cache is xlOLEDBQuery.

If the value of the CommandType property is xlCmdCube, you cannot change this value if there is a PivotTable report associated with the query table.

If you import data by using the user interface, data from a web query or a text query is imported as a QueryTable object, while all other external data is imported as a ListObject object.

If you import data by using the object model, data from a web query or a text query must be imported as a QueryTable, while all other external data can be imported as either a ListObject or a QueryTable.

Use the QueryTable property of the ListObject to access the CommandType property.

Example

This example sets the command string for the first query table's ODBC data source. The command string is an SQL statement.

Set qtQtrResults = _ 
 Workbooks(1).Worksheets(1).QueryTables(1) 
With qtQtrResults 
 .CommandType = xlCmdSQL 
 .CommandText = _ 
 "Select ProductID From Products Where ProductID < 10" 
 .Refresh 
End With

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