1. Install the MYSQL
2. Install the
Mysql-ODBC Driver.
3. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools > Data Sources ODBC
4. Go to System DSN tab
5. Click Add button and select the Mysql OBDC 5.1 Driver
6. Supply the information and click OK
7. This will add employee variable in the list
8. In the Desktop, add Text Document
9. Rename the file to test2.udl or any name with the extension of udl.
10. Click or open the test2.udl
11. Choose the Provider tab and select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
12. In the Connection tab, Use the employee as data source name. And click OK
13. Open the test2.udl in Notepad and will show the following code:
Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=employee
14. Create and agent and copy and paste the code below
Option Public
Option Declare
Sub Initialize
Dim con As Variant
Dim rs As Variant
Dim com As Variant
Set con = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") ' Database connection
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") ' Handles the record set
Set com = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") ' the query or command
'From the test2.udl opened in the notepad
con.open = "Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=employeeDB"
Set com.ActiveCOnnection = con
'Must have already created table in the employeeDB database
com.CommandText = {Select * from name}
Set rs = com.Execute
rs.MoveFirst
While Not rs.EOF
MsgBox rs.Fields("name").Value
'Call doc.save(True,False)
rs.MoveNext
Wend
End Sub
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15. Run the agent to test.