COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
I just answered my own question about 5 minutes after posting. The sp_OAxxx stored procedures provide an interface to automation objects.
"Ken" wrote:

> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
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"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
|||Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison

COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
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"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored
procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can
someone point me in the right direction?I just answered my own question about 5 minutes after posting. The sp_OAxxx
stored procedures provide an interface to automation objects.
"Ken" wrote:

> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored proced
ure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point
me in the right direction?|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
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"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A196B75F-B712-4945-8AA8-2E26DA9AF38A@.microsoft.com...
> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?|||Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison

column data types?

I know there's a way to query the schema, but don't recall exactly. Does
anyone know how to query the database to determine the field type, length,
precision, scale, etc?By the way, I know there was an undocumented stored procedure to do this too
,
but it returned the datatype string as the 3rd argument, and since I'm hopin
g
to receive this in a recordset (although one row) from an ADODB.Connection i
n
VB, I'm not sure how to take that 3rd argument and get it to the recordset.
"Les Stockton" wrote:

> I know there's a way to query the schema, but don't recall exactly. Does
> anyone know how to query the database to determine the field type, length,
> precision, scale, etc?
>|||www.aspfaq.com/2177
"Les Stockton" <LesStockton@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I know there's a way to query the schema, but don't recall exactly. Does
> anyone know how to query the database to determine the field type, length,
> precision, scale, etc?
>