documentation on SQL OLE methods...Where to find?

I've seen a few examples in BOL and various websites where sp_OAMethod is
used to generates scripts, return rows, etc. For example:
SET @.exec_str = 'Databases("'+@.dbname+'").Tables("'+RTRIM(UPPER(@.tbname))+'").Script(74077,"
'+ @.filename +'")'
EXEC @.hr = sp_OAMethod @.object, @.exec_str, @.return OUT
I can't seem to find any documentation that explains the possible methods
(like databases().Tables().Script).
Can someone point me to where I could find a list of these methods?
Thanks in advancesp_OACreate invokes an extermal program that has a COM OO interface.
The documentation you're looking for will reside with whichever external COM
application you're referring to.
You haevn't given us the name of the particular application you're looking
for in your post, so it's a bit hard to answer this. Your post only gives us
information on a method - perhaps if you go back to whever you got that code
snippet from & give us the part that has "sp_OACreate" in it, we may be able
to help you further.
Regards,
Greg Linwood
SQL Server MVP
"TJTODD" <Thxomasx.Toddy@.Siemensx.com> wrote in message
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> I've seen a few examples in BOL and various websites where sp_OAMethod is
> used to generates scripts, return rows, etc. For example:
> SET @.exec_str =>
'Databases("'+@.dbname+'").Tables("'+RTRIM(UPPER(@.tbname))+'").Script(74077,"
> '+ @.filename +'")'
> EXEC @.hr = sp_OAMethod @.object, @.exec_str, @.return OUT
> I can't seem to find any documentation that explains the possible methods
> (like databases().Tables().Script).
> Can someone point me to where I could find a list of these methods?
> Thanks in advance
>|||Hi Greg,
Thanks for the reply. Here's the sp_OACreate statement:
EXEC @.hr = sp_OACreate 'SQLDMO.SQLServer', @.object OUT
Thanks,
Tom
"Greg Linwood" <g_linwoodremovethisbeforeemailingme@.hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:uIDLvwrsDHA.2416@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> sp_OACreate invokes an extermal program that has a COM OO interface.
> The documentation you're looking for will reside with whichever external
COM
> application you're referring to.
> You haevn't given us the name of the particular application you're looking
> for in your post, so it's a bit hard to answer this. Your post only gives
us
> information on a method - perhaps if you go back to whever you got that
code
> snippet from & give us the part that has "sp_OACreate" in it, we may be
able
> to help you further.
> Regards,
> Greg Linwood
> SQL Server MVP
> "TJTODD" <Thxomasx.Toddy@.Siemensx.com> wrote in message
> news:#$OwJjrsDHA.1680@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I've seen a few examples in BOL and various websites where sp_OAMethod
is
> > used to generates scripts, return rows, etc. For example:
> > SET @.exec_str => >
>
'Databases("'+@.dbname+'").Tables("'+RTRIM(UPPER(@.tbname))+'").Script(74077,"
> > '+ @.filename +'")'
> > EXEC @.hr = sp_OAMethod @.object, @.exec_str, @.return OUT
> >
> > I can't seem to find any documentation that explains the possible
methods
> > (like databases().Tables().Script).
> >
> > Can someone point me to where I could find a list of these methods?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
>|||Most COM (or Automation) objects come with their own
documentation. For instance, the object hierarchy of SQL-
DMO can be found in SQL Server Books Online. If you need
to interact with an object hierarchy that doesn't seem to
have online/printed documentation, you can try tools such
as OLE-COM Object Viewer that comes with NT Resource kit.
The object viewer allows you browse the object hierarchy
and see all the objects, methods, and proerties.
By the way, if you can stay away from sp_OAxxx stuff, stay
away from it. It's pretty ugly and you can't import the
symbolic constants.
Linchi
>--Original Message--
>I've seen a few examples in BOL and various websites
where sp_OAMethod is
>used to generates scripts, return rows, etc. For example:
>SET @.exec_str =>'Databases("'+@.dbname+'").Tables("'+RTRIM(UPPER(@.tbname))
+'").Script(74077,"
>'+ @.filename +'")'
>EXEC @.hr = sp_OAMethod @.object, @.exec_str, @.return OUT
>I can't seem to find any documentation that explains the
possible methods
>(like databases().Tables().Script).
>Can someone point me to where I could find a list of
these methods?
>Thanks in advance
>
>.
>