Comments on: Automatic transfer of Data from AS/400 DDS Described file to Excel spreadsheet http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/automatic-transfer-of-data-from-as400-dds-described-file-to-excel-spreadsheet-2/ Thu, 23 May 2013 01:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/automatic-transfer-of-data-from-as400-dds-described-file-to-excel-spreadsheet-2/#comment-76457 tomliotta Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:03:16 +0000 #comment-76457 Be extremely careful when attempting to embed any profile/password combination in anything like an Excel spreadsheet. You are distributing valid profile/password combinations to anyone who gets a copy of the spreadsheet.

Tom

]]> By: tschmitz http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/automatic-transfer-of-data-from-as400-dds-described-file-to-excel-spreadsheet-2/#comment-53935 tschmitz Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:01:26 +0000 #comment-53935 Hi,

i seems that your problem is not an Excel problem but a I5 connection Setup issue.

Normally when you have defined your Queries, you have specifiied the system name.
this system has normally been defined using Operation navigator with some options like :
- default userid.

I’ve noticed that if inside excel, when you are prompted from ODBC driver to specify userid and password, you use this default userid and the default password, you’ll never be asked for the password again as long as you remain logged-on with you pc.

If you use another userid and password, you’ll be asked for the user and password every time excel will launch another SQL request, and this can be anoying.

One easy way for that, is to use a default ODBC userid and password for such a connection.
but the best solution, is to use the userid one, defined in Op nav.

Hope it may help you.

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