SQL Compliance
The CData Excel Add-In for Microsoft SharePoint supports several operations on data, including querying, deleting, modifying, and inserting.
SELECT Statements
See SELECT Statements for a syntax reference and examples.
See SOAP Data Model for information on the capabilities of the Microsoft SharePoint API.
INSERT Statements
See INSERT Statements for a syntax reference and examples, as well as retrieving the new records' Ids.
UPDATE Statements
The primary key Id is required to update a record. See UPDATE Statements for a syntax reference and examples.
DELETE Statements
The primary key Id is required to delete a record. See DELETE Statements for a syntax reference and examples.
EXECUTE Statements
Use EXECUTE or EXEC statements to execute stored procedures. See EXECUTE Statements for a syntax reference and examples.
Names and Quoting
- Table and column names are considered identifier names; as such, they are restricted to the following characters: [A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _:@].
- To use a table or column name with characters not listed above, the name must be quoted using square brackets ([name]) in any SQL statement.
- Parameter names can optionally start with the @ symbol (e.g., @p1 or @CustomerName) and cannot be quoted.
- Strings must be quoted using single quotes (e.g., 'John Doe').