Module: RecordsetDAO in Category Access/Jet Databases : Table and Records from Total Visual SourceBook

' Example of modRecordsetDAO
'
' To use this example, create a new module and paste this code into it.
' Then run the procedure by putting the cursor in the procedure and pressing:
'    F5 to run it, or
'    F8 to step through it line-by-line (see the Debug menu for more options)

Private Sub Example_modRecordsetDAO()
  ' Comments: Example of using the modRecordsetDAO module in Microsoft Access to create DAO recordsets on table and SQL strings, and close them using VBA and VB6.
  '           DAO supports ACCDB and MDB database, so this does not work in ADPs.

  ' Define your database and recordset objects explicitly with DAO to avoid confusing with ADODB
  Dim dbs As DAO.Database
  Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
  Dim lngRecords As Long

  ' Assign the database object to the current database
  Set dbs = CurrentDb

  ' Open a recordset to a table (in this case, the system table)
  Set rst = CreateRecordsetDAO(dbs, "MSysObjects")

  ' Once the recordset is opened, you can write your code to view, edit and add to it.
  ' In this example, we simply report the number of records in the table.
  If rst.EOF Then
    lngRecords = 0
  Else
    rst.MoveLast
    lngRecords = rst.RecordCount
  End If
  MsgBox "Records found: " & lngRecords, vbInformation

  ' Once completed, Clean up the DAO objects by closing the recordset and database with the procedures
  CloseRecordsetDAO rst
  CloseDatabaseDAO dbs

End Sub

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