Since it is using OLE, you can connect to whatever data source you want.
Below is a brief list of sources to connect to:
| Data Source | Sample Connection String |
| UDL | File Name={path.udl} |
| Sybase | Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider;Server Name=thisservername,5000;Initial Catalog=thisdb;User Id=thisusername;Password=thispassword |
| SQL Server | Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=thisservername;Initial Catalog=thisdb;User Id=thisusername;Password=thispassword; Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=thisservername;Initial Catalog=thisdb;Integrated Security=SSPI; |
| Oracle | Provider=msdaora;Data Source=thisdb;User Id=thisusername;Password=thispassword; Provider=msdaora;Data Source=thisdb;Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=Yes; |
| MySQL | Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=thisdb;User Id=thisusername;Password=thispassword; |
| Informix | Provider=Ifxoledbc.2;User ID=thisusername;password=thispassword;Data Source=thisdb@thisservername;Persist Security Info=true |
| FoxPro | Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=c:\directory\thisdb.dbc;Collating Sequence=machine |
| Firebird | User=SYSDBA;Password=thispassword;Database=thisdb.fdb;DataSource=localhost;Port=3050;Dialect=3;Charset=NONE;Role=;Connection lifetime=15;Pooling=true;MinPoolSize=0;MaxPoolSize=50;Packet Size=8192;ServerType=0 |
| Exchange | oConn.Provider = “EXOLEDB.DataSource” oConn.Open = “http://thisservername/myVirtualRootName” |
| Excel | Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\thisspreadsheet.xls;Extended Properties='”Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1″‘ |
| DBase | Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\directory;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password= |
| DB2 | Provider=IBMDADB2;Database=thisdb;HOSTNAME=thisservername;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;PORT=50000;uid=thisusername;pwd=thispassword; |
| Access | Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\directory\thisdb.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=; |
You can access a lot more sources. Here is a list of sources you can check against:
Another thing is that if you wanted to put a where clause in your statement to limit the data that is being returned, the forth argument in the Database Lookup functiod is the place to put it. BEWARE, you need to make sure that the column that you are matching with the first argument is correct.