What is the Query Assistant?
A complete application that makes connecting to databases, executing and executing queries easier.
What can it do?
1. Connect to database using Microsoft ADO as specified by a connection string in a settings file.
2. If required, request the user for a password and/or user name and fill in the respective place holders in the connection string.
3. Load a query specified as a command line argument or as selected by the user from inside the program's interface.
4. Display input boxes for controlled input as specified by input place holders inside, if present, a query.
5. Execute a series of queries in a batch.
6. Export a query's results to a text file or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
7. Attach the file with the query's results to an e-mail, fill in the sender, recipient, subject, and body as specified in a settings file and then send it.
8. Insert data such the date, time, an operating system environment variable's value, an input box's value into a query or e-mail.
It also comes with an extensive help file describing:
1. What the program does.
2. The supported settings.
3. The supported command line arguments.
4. The supported file types for exported query results.
5. How to define input place holders in a query.
6. How to insert data into an e-mail or query.
7. How create a tiny example database, query and, settings file.
8. How to view a description for each control inside the interface.
An image showing the program's main interface, Microsoft Excel and Outlook:
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A complete application that makes connecting to databases, executing and executing queries easier.
What can it do?
1. Connect to database using Microsoft ADO as specified by a connection string in a settings file.
2. If required, request the user for a password and/or user name and fill in the respective place holders in the connection string.
3. Load a query specified as a command line argument or as selected by the user from inside the program's interface.
4. Display input boxes for controlled input as specified by input place holders inside, if present, a query.
5. Execute a series of queries in a batch.
6. Export a query's results to a text file or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
7. Attach the file with the query's results to an e-mail, fill in the sender, recipient, subject, and body as specified in a settings file and then send it.
8. Insert data such the date, time, an operating system environment variable's value, an input box's value into a query or e-mail.
It also comes with an extensive help file describing:
1. What the program does.
2. The supported settings.
3. The supported command line arguments.
4. The supported file types for exported query results.
5. How to define input place holders in a query.
6. How to insert data into an e-mail or query.
7. How create a tiny example database, query and, settings file.
8. How to view a description for each control inside the interface.
An image showing the program's main interface, Microsoft Excel and Outlook: