This document discusses how to connect to different database types from QTP scripts using ADO (ActiveX Data Objects). It provides code samples for connecting to MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Excel, and Sybase databases. The code samples show how to open an ADO connection and recordset, retrieve field values from the recordset, and populate them into application window controls before closing the connection. Connecting to databases allows test scripts to work with real data during automation testing.

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What is adodb connection ?
The ADO(ActiveX Data Objects) Connection object is used to create a connection to a data source. Through this connection,
you can access and manipulate a database.
What is adodb recordset?
The ADO Recordset object is used to hold a set of records from a database table.To be able to read database data, the data
should be loaded into a recordset.
⇒QTP Scripts for connecting to MS Access:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
con.open "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=C:mydatabase.mdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=;"
rs.open "select * from emp",con
Do while not rs.eof
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val1").Set rs.fields("v1")
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val2").Set rs.fields("v2")
VbWindow("Form1").VbButton("ADD").Click
rs.movenext
Loop
'Release objects'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
Note: The database we are using here is MS Access.Before running this script create a table in MS Acess.In the above script I used
table called "emp" and column 'names as "v1" and "v2". "d:testdata.mdb" is path of the table which we created. The main use of this
script is to use testdata of table(which is in ' database) in the application. In the above script we are passing values from database to
Textboxes in Windows Application.
⇒QTP Script for connecting to sqlserver:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
con.open"Driver={SQL Server};server=MySqlServer;uid=MyUserName;pwd=MyPassword;database=pubs"
rs.open "select * from emp",con
Do while not rs.eof
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val1").Set rs.fields("v1")
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val2").Set rs.fields("v2")
VbWindow("Form1").VbButton("ADD").Click
rs.movenext
Loop
'Release objects'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
⇒QTP Script for connecting to oracle:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
con.open "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=QTPWorld; Uid=your_username;Pwd=your_password;"
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rs.open "select * from emp",con
Do while not rs.eof
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val1").Set rs.fields("v1")
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val2").Set rs.fields("v2")
VbWindow("Form1").VbButton("ADD").Click
rs.movenext
Loop
'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
⇒QTP Script for connecting to MySQL:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
con.open"Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDB;User=Uname;Password=Pwd;Option=3;"
rs.open "select * from emp",con
Do while not rs.eof
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val1").Set rs.fields("v1")
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val2").Set rs.fields("v2")
VbWindow("Form1").VbButton("ADD").Click
rs.movenext
Loop
'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
⇒QTP Script for connecting to Excel:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
con.open "DRIVER={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DBQ=C:TestStatus.xls;Readonly=True"
rs.open "SELECT count(*) FROM [Status$] where Status = 'Failed' ",con
Msgbox rs(0)
'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
⇒QTP Script for connecting to Sybase:
Option Explicit
Dim con,rs
Set con=createobject("adodb.connection")
Set rs=createobject("adodb.recordset")
' Open a session to the database
con.open"Driver={SYBASE SYSTEM 11};Srvr=myServerAddress;Uid=Uname;Pwd=Pwd;Database=myDataBase;"
rs.open "select * from emp",con
Do while not rs.eof
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val1").Set rs.fields("v1")
VbWindow("Form1").VbEdit("val2").Set rs.fields("v2")
VbWindow("Form1").VbButton("ADD").Click
rs.movenext
Loop
'Release objects
Set rs= nothing
Set con= nothing
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