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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 Policy-Based Management or the sp_configure stored procedure. 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.
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
sp_configure (Transact-SQL)
RECONFIGURE (Transact-SQL)
Surface Area Configuration
Server Configuration Options (SQL Server)