I have included my entire ODBC Reconnect function below. This function is predicated with the idea that I have a table called rtblODBC which stores all of the information I need to do the reconnecting. If you implement this function, you will NOT need to worry about connecting to multiple SQL databases, as that is handled smoothly with each table to be reconnected having its own connection string.
When you get towards the end you will see that I use DAO to recreate the primary keys with db.Execute "CREATE INDEX " & sPrimaryKeyName & " ON " & sLocalTableName & "(" & sPrimaryKeyField & ")WITH PRIMARY;"
If you have any questions, please ask.
Public Function fnReconnectODBC( _
Optional bForceReconnect As Boolean _
) As Boolean
' Comments :
' Parameters: bForceReconnect -
' Returns : Boolean -
' Modified :
' --------------------------------------------------
On Error GoTo Err_fnReconnectODBC
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim tdf As DAO.TableDef
Dim sPrimaryKeyName As String
Dim sPrimaryKeyField As String
Dim sLocalTableName As String
Dim strConnect As String
Dim varRet As Variant
Dim con As ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Dim sSQL As String
If IsMissing(bForceReconnect) Then
bForceReconnect = False
End If
sSQL = "SELECT rtblODBC.LocalTableName, MSysObjects.Name, MSysObjects.ForeignName, rtblODBC.SourceTableName, MSysObjects.Connect, rtblODBC.ConnectString " _
& "FROM MSysObjects RIGHT JOIN rtblODBC ON MSysObjects.Name = rtblODBC.LocalTableName " _
& "WHERE (((rtblODBC.ConnectString)<>'ODBC;' & [Connect]));"
Set con = Access.CurrentProject.Connection
Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
rst.Open sSQL, con, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
'Test the recordset to see if any tables in rtblODBC (needed tables) are missing from the MSysObjects (actual tables)
If rst.BOF And rst.EOF And bForceReconnect = False Then
'No missing tables identified
fnReconnectODBC = True
Else
'Table returned information, we don't have a perfect match, time to relink
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("rtblODBC", dbOpenSnapshot)
'For each table definition in the database collection of tables
For Each tdf In db.TableDefs
'Set strConnect variable to table connection string
strConnect = tdf.Connect
If Len(strConnect) > 0 And Left(tdf.Name, 1) <> "~" Then
If Left(strConnect, 4) = "ODBC" Then
'If there is a connection string, and it's not a temp table, and it IS an odbc table
'Delete the table
DoCmd.DeleteObject acTable, tdf.Name
End If
End If
Next
'Relink tables from rtblODBC
With rs
.MoveFirst
Do While Not .EOF
Set tdf = db.CreateTableDef(!localtablename, dbAttachSavePWD, !SourceTableName, !ConnectString)
varRet = SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, "Relinking '" & !SourceTableName & "'")
db.TableDefs.Append tdf
db.TableDefs.Refresh
If Len(!PrimaryKeyName & "") > 0 And Len(!PrimaryKeyField & "") > 0 Then
sPrimaryKeyName = !PrimaryKeyName
sPrimaryKeyField = !PrimaryKeyField
sLocalTableName = !localtablename
db.Execute "CREATE INDEX " & sPrimaryKeyName & " ON " & sLocalTableName & "(" & sPrimaryKeyField & ")WITH PRIMARY;"
End If
db.TableDefs.Refresh
.MoveNext
Loop
End With
subTurnOffSubDataSheets
fnReconnectODBC = True
End If
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
con.Close
Set con = Nothing
Exit_fnReconnectODBC:
Set tdf = Nothing
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
varRet = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
Exit Function
Err_fnReconnectODBC:
fnReconnectODBC = False
sPrompt = "Press OK to continue."
vbMsg = MsgBox(sPrompt, vbOKOnly, "Error Reconnecting")
If vbMsg = vbOK Then
Resume Exit_fnReconnectODBC
End If
End Function