QueryTable.CommandText Property

Returns or sets the command string for the specified data source. Read/write Variant.

Syntax

expression.CommandText

expression   An expression that returns a QueryTable object.

Remarks

For OLE DB sources, the CommandType property describes the value of the CommandText property.

For ODBC sources, setting the CommandText causes the data to be refreshed.

If you import data 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 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.

You can use the QueryTable property of the ListObject to access the CommandText property.

The sheet that contains the query table must be active to access this property.

Example

This example sets the command string for the first query table’s ODBC data source. Note that 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

See Also

• QueryTable Object
• QueryTable Object Members