Excel VBA - connect to sql with a trusted connection (no uid/pwd)

Question

Is there a way to have Excel connect to Sql Server using the current user's network windows authentication (trusted connection/integrated security)? I don't want to rely on a sql login or have a uid/password in my code.

Answer 1

I have this connectionstring in an Excel 2003 VBA project...

"Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=[You DB Name];Trusted_connection=yes;"

And it works for me! (I'm using ADODB)

Answer 2

Driver={SQL Native Client};server=servernamehere;database=dbnamehere;Trusted_Connection=yes;

http://www.sqlstrings.com/SQL-Server-connection-strings.htm

http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server

Try this one:

Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=myServerName;Initial Catalog=myDatabaseName;Integrated Security=SSPI

Answer 3

See: http://www.connectionstrings.com/

Especially http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2005, for example:

Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;

or any other suitable connection string you find there.

Answer 4

Working sample for VBA Excel 2010

Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=ServerIPOrName;Initial Catalog=DatabaseName;Trusted_connection=yes;