Syntax:
=SQLQueryValue(Query [, Transpose] [, Rownum])
=SQLQueryValueVolatile(Query [, Transpose] [, Rownum])

Query (datatype String): SQL select statement to retrieve the data
Query (datatype Range): Range of cells containing the SQL select statement to retrieve the data
Transpose (datatype Boolean): Optional; display rows as columns.
Rownum (datatype Number): Optional; row number of the result row to display

Description:
The SQLQueryValue function runs a query in the database and displays the result in the cell. In the Query parameter the SQL statement should be given. If you retrieve multiple columns (e.g. select col1, col2, col3 from mytable) then SQL*XL will only display the value of the first column. It is therefore not useful to list more than one column in your query. It is also not useful to retrieve more than one row. By default SQLQueryValue will display row 1 unless you specify a different rownumber in the Rownum variable

SQLXLQueryValueVolatile does exactly the same but this function will always be evaluated when Excel calculates.

Examples:
A1: =SQLQueryValue( "select ename from emp where empno = 123" )
A2: =SQLQueryValue( concatenate( "select ename from emp where empno = " , D12 ) )
A3: =SQLQueryValue( concatenate( "select sal from emp where ename ='", E25 , "'") )
--Note that the function is A3 wraps the string retrieved from E25 in single quotes.

A1: =SQLQueryValue( concatenate( "select count(*) from ", , D10 )
--Note that this is dynamic sql where the value in the cell represents the number of rows in the table name found in D10

A1: = "select *"
A2: = "from emp"
A3: = SQLQueryValue( A1:A2)

See also:

• Excel functions 
• SQL*XL Home
• Features