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Default Merge with SQL 2000 using Query instead of just a table.

That's perfect! Thanks! I'll use Views.

Phil




"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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Do you mean Microsoft SQL Server 2000?

You can either
a. create a View in SQL Server and use that as the data source or
b. use Word VBA and set ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.QueryString to
be the Transact-SQL query you want, as long as Word is already connected
to the necessary database and the connection string will still work for
the new query
c. use Word VBA and its OpenDataSource method to issue a Transact-SQL
query, e.g. if you are connecting from Word 2002 or later using OLE DB,
you will probably be connnecting via a .odc file, in which case you can do
something like:

ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
Name:="the pathname of your .odc", _
Connection:="", _
SQLStatement:="your SQL query"

d. If you have MS Access, create a database and link to the tables you
need to query, then create a query in Access and use that as the data
source. NB, there may well be performance consequences if you do things
that way.

Peter Jamieson

"Phillip Vong" phillip_vong*at*yahoo*dot*com wrote in message
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Using Word 2003 and SQL 2000

Anyone know if it's possible to merge with SQL 2000 using queries versus
just one table? Currently, I can only merge with one table in SQL and I
would like to merge with multiple tables using a Query.

Thanks!