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pdf Image2009-11-01: Layer2 Press Release

SharePoint – New Business Data List Connector for External Lists in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0
Layer2, the SharePoint Experts from Hamburg (Germany) announced a new Microsoft SharePoint extension to unlock the value of enterprise data for SharePoint 2007 based portals. The Business Data List Connector (BDLC) for SharePoint directly connects SharePoint lists with external LOB data sources. Almost any data from databases, Office or even text data can be displayed in SharePoint lists without any programming. Workflows can be used to start business actions in SharePoint, if external data records are changed.

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BDLC works with NINTEX Workflow 2010 for SharePoint

Start NINTEX Workflows while external data changes.

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The SharePoint Business Data List Connector BDLC can be used to pull data into a SharePoint list from another SharePoint list for any reason (e.g. from other site collection or installation).

How to connect a SharePoint list to another SharePoint list using an OLE DB connection string?

How to connect a SharePoint list to another SharePoint list using an OLE DB connection string?

You can use a connection string similar to this:

Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;WSS;IMEX=1;RetrieveIds=Yes; DATABASE=http://sharepoint.yourdomain.com/Documents/;LIST={5999B8A0-0C2F-4D4D-9C5A-D7B146E49698};

The select statements should look like this:

 SELECT * FROM listName

You can use the Item-IDs as primary keys for updating.

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How to get the SharePoint list guid in browser?


Go to the list settings page. Right click on "Title, description and navigation" and copy the URL. Paste that into notepad and copy everything after "List=" in the string. That's your URL Encoded GUID for the list. All you need to do is decode it.

How to decode the SharePoint List guid (and any other encoded URL)?

You can use this page to decode encoded URLs:
http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/urlencode.php