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Article: Q131816
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1995
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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
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For more information about the Visual Basic CopyFromRecordset method, click the
Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

  " copyfr " (without the quotation marks)

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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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExcelSearch kbExcel95 kbExcel95Search kbExcel97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbExcelWinSearch
Version           : 1995

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