Ole Automation Procedures Option

Use the Ole Automation Procedures option to specify whether OLE Automation objects can be instantiated within Transact-SQL batches. This option can also be configured using the Surface Area Configuration tool. For more information, see Surface Area Configuration.

The Ole Automation Procedures option can be set to the following values.

  • 0
    OLE Automation Procedures are disabled. Default for new instances of SQL Server 2005.
  • 1
    OLE Automation Procedures are enabled.

When OLE Automation Procedures are enabled, a call to sp_OACreate will start the OLE shared execution environment.

The current value of the Ole Automation Procedures option can be viewed and changed by using the sp_configure system stored procedure.

Examples

The following example shows how to view the current setting of OLE Automation procedures.

EXEC sp_configure 'Ole Automation Procedures';
GO

The following example shows how to enable OLE Automation procedures.

sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
sp_configure 'Ole Automation Procedures', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO

See Also

Concepts

Setting Server Configuration Options

Other Resources

sp_configure (Transact-SQL)
RECONFIGURE (Transact-SQL)
Surface Area Configuration

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance