sp_OASetProperty (Transact-SQL)

Article
02/28/2023

Applies to: SQL Server

Sets a property of an OLE object to a new value.

Syntax

  
sp_OASetProperty objecttoken , propertyname , newvalue [ , index... ]

Arguments

objecttoken
Is the object token of an OLE object that was previously created by sp_OACreate.

propertyname
Is the property name of the OLE object to set to a new value.

newvalue
Is the new value of the property, and must be a value of the appropriate data type.

index
Is an index parameter. If specified, index must be a value of the appropriate data type.

Some properties have parameters. These properties are called indexed properties, and the parameters are called index parameters. A property can have multiple index parameters.

Note

The parameters for this stored procedure are specified by position, not name.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or a nonzero number (failure) that is the integer value of the HRESULT returned by the OLE Automation object.

For more information about HRESULT Return Codes, see OLE Automation Return Codes and Error Information.

Permissions

Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role or execute permission directly on this Stored Procedure. Ole Automation Procedures configuration must be enabled to use any system procedure related to OLE Automation.

Examples

The following example sets the HostName property (of the previously created SQLServer object) to a new value.

EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @object, 'HostName', 'Gizmo';  
IF @hr <> 0  
BEGIN  
   EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @object  
    RETURN  
END'