XL: CopyFromRecordset Method Does Not Return Field Headings

ID: Q131385

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SUMMARY

In Visual Basic for Applications, the CopyFromRecordset method is used to return data from a Data Access Object. It will return only data and will not return the database's field headings.

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The CopyFromRecordset method is used to return data from an open database to an active worksheet. The method does not have an argument that will return the field headings of the database. Additional code is needed to place the field headings on the worksheet. The following example demonstrates the code needed to return the field headings as well as the data.

Example

Before you type the following code on a module sheet, you must create a reference to the Microsoft DAO Object Library. To do this, activate the Module sheet, click References on the Tools menu, and select the Microsoft DAO 3.5 Object Library check box (the 3.0 Object Library check box in version 7.0). 

Sub Returning_Field_Headers_Example()
   Dim db As database
   Dim rs As Recordset
   Dim vaTmp() As String
   Dim vaNew As Variant
   Dim dbLocation As String

   ' Opens the database and creates a record set
   ' dbLocation could be any directory where the Access files are
   ' stored.

   dbLocation = "c:\access\sampapps\nwind.mdb"
   ' In version 97 use the sample file northwind.mdb usually located
   ' in c:\program files\microsoft office\office\samples\northwind.mdb
   Set db = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(dbLocation)
   Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("Orders")

   ' This section fills in the field names from the Orders table.
   ReDim vaTmp(rs.Fields.Count)
   For x = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
       vaTmp(x + 1) = rs.Fields(x).Name
   Next
   Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Resize(1, rs.Fields.Count) = vaTmp

   ' Retrieves the data to the sheet. The sheet should be called
   ' "Sheet1"
   numberOfRows = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(2, 1).CopyFromRecordset(rs)
   Sheets("Sheet1").Activate

End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Visual Basic CopyFromRecordset method, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text 

   copyfr
double-click the selected text, and then double-click CopyFromRecordset Method in the Topics Found dialog box to go to the CopyFromRecordset Method topic.

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Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999