Microsoft KB Archive/148361

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Visual Basic Example to Open a RecordSet Using DAO

Article ID: 148361

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q148361

SUMMARY

This article provides a Visual Basic for Applications example of how to create a Data Access Object (DAO) record set that contains the results of an SQL Query string.

MORE INFORMATION

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Visual Basic Code Example

1. Insert a Visual Basic module into a new Microsoft Excel workbook.
2. Create a reference to the Microsoft DAO object library. In Microsoft Excel 97 the DAO library will be version 3.5. In Microsoft Excel 7.0 the DAO library will be version 3.0.

3. Type the following code into the module sheet:

       ' This code assumes you have Microsoft Access 7.0 installed and have
      ' the Northwind.mdb sample database installed in the default
      ' location.
   
      Sub CreateRecordSet()
   
        Dim oldDbName As String
        Dim wspDefault As Workspace
        Dim dbsNorthwind As Database
        Dim strSQL As String
        Dim rstFromQuery As Recordset
   
        'Set the path to the database
        oldDbName = "C:\Msoffice\access\samples\Northwind.mdb"
   
        'Create a default workspace Object
        Set wspDefault = DBEngine.Workspaces(0)
   
        'Create a Database object
        Set dbsNorthwind = wspDefault.OpenDatabase(oldDbName)
   
        'The SQL statement
        strSQL = "SELECT Employees.LastName, Employees.FirstName, " & _
           "Employees.Country FROM Employees Employees " & _
           "WHERE (Employees.Country='USA')"
   
        'Create a Snapshot Type Recordset from the SQL query
        Set _
        rstFromQuery = dbsNorthwind.OpenRecordset(strSQL,dbOpenSnapshot)
   
        'Show the number of fields returned
        MsgBox "there are " & rstFromQuery.Fields.Count & _
        " fields that were returned"
   
        'Move to the last record in the recordset
        rstFromQuery.MoveLast
   
        'Show the number of records returned
        MsgBox "there are " & rstFromQuery.RecordCount & _
        " records that were returned"
   
     End Sub
                           

REFERENCES

For more information about the OpenRecordSet method in Microsoft Excel 97, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type OpenRecordSet, click Search, and then click to view "OpenRecordSet method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For more information about the OpenRecordset method, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 7.0 Help, type the following text

OpenRecordset Method

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "OpenRecordsetMethod" topic.

Additional query words: 8.00 97 xl97 DAO Database RecordSet visualbasic editor XL

Keywords: kbdtacode kbhowto kbprogramming KB148361

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