ADO Tips & Tricks

1)     Connection Object

a)      Opening the Database

b)      Executing Commands

c)       Executing Queries

d)      Closing the Database

2)     Recordset Object

a)      The Fields Collection

b)      Editing Records

3)     Tools

a)      One Column Queries

b)      ComboBox Example

c)       One Row Queries

d)      Multi-Column Queries

e)      Getting Field Names

f)        ComboBox Example, 2

4)     A Useful Example

a)      The SELECT Clause

b)      The WHERE Clause

c)       The Query

 

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The Fields Collection

The Recordset object's Fields collection contains a Fiel object for each of the currently selected Recordset's fields.

You can access values by field name, collection key, or collection index.

rs!Name

rs.Fields("Name")

rs.Fields(0)                       ' Takes about 85% as long.

Important Field Object Properties:

Value                 Name                         Type