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Sylvain Le Courtois

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Excel VBA : read registry key values on a remote computer using WMI

// VBA code to paste in an module
Function ORACLEHOMES(strComputer As String)
    Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
    ORACLEHOMES = ""
    Dim strKeyPath
    Dim arrSubKeys
    Dim oReg
    Dim strValueName
    Dim strValue
    'strComputer = "."
    Set oReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
    strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\ORACLE"
    oReg.EnumKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, arrSubKeys
    For Each subkey In arrSubKeys
        If Left(subkey, 4) = "KEY_" Then
            strValueName = "ORACLE_HOME"
            oReg.GetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath & "\" & subkey, strValueName, strValue
            If ORACLEHOMES = "" Then
                ORACLEHOMES = strValue
            Else
                ORACLEHOMES = ORACLEHOMES & ";" & strValue
            End If
        End If
    Next
End Function

Excel : Make a query on a Oracle database and return the result (useful for sheet formulas)

// This should be pasted in a module of the workbook
Function ORAQUERY(strHost As String, strDatabase As String, strSQL As String, strUser As String, strPassword As String)
  Dim strConOracle, oConOracle, oRsOracle
  Dim StrResult As String
  
  StrResult = ""
  
  strConOracle = "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle}; " & _
         "CONNECTSTRING=(DESCRIPTION=" & _
         "(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)" & _
         "(HOST=" & strHost & ")(PORT=1521))" & _
         "(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=" & strDatabase & "))); uid=" & strUser & " ;pwd=" & strPassword & ";"
  Set oConOracle = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  Set oRsOracle = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
  oConOracle.Open strConOracle
  Set oRsOracle = oConOracle.Execute(strSQL)
  Do While Not oRsOracle.EOF
      If StrResult <> "" Then
        StrResult = StrResult & Chr(10) & oRsOracle.Fields(0).Value
      Else
        StrResult = oRsOracle.Fields(0).Value
      End If
    oRsOracle.MoveNext
  Loop
  oConOracle.Close
  Set oRsOracle = Nothing
  Set oConOracle = Nothing
  ORAQUERY = StrResult
End Function
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