XL: How to Use DAO to Append the Records in Two Tables

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, you can use DAO (Data Access Objects) to manipulate data in external databases. This article provides a macro example that demonstrates how you can append the records from two different tables using DAO commands.

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You can merge the results of two or more queries, tables, and SELECT statements in a single UNION operation. The following example demonstrates how you can use the UNION operation to append two tables:

Sub AppendTables()

   'Open the dBASE IV database
   Set db = OpenDatabase("c:\my documents", False, False, "dBASE IV;")

   'Create a recordset that is a union of the January table
   'and the February Table
   Set Results = _
      db.OpenRecordset("Select * from January" & _
        "UNION Select * from February")

   'Return the column headers to the first row of Sheet1
    For i = 0 To Results.Fields.Count - 1
      Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Offset(, i) = Results.Fields(i).Name
    Next

   'Return the recordset results to Sheet1
   Sheets("Sheet1").Range("a2").CopyFromRecordset Results

   db.Close

End Sub

   January.DBF                         February.DBF
   ------------------------            ------------------------

   DATE      QTY     AMOUNT            DATE      QTY     AMOUNT
   1/3/95     1      66.99             2/6/95     6      44.91
   1/5/95     6      59.11             2/9/95     7      19.13
   1/8/95     4       2.80             2/10/95    2      20.56
   1/8/95     3      11.12             2/10/95    3      69.94
   1/9/95     2      49.71             2/11/95    8      71.67
   1/15/95    3      59.76             2/19/95    1      93.61
   1/23/95    7      93.32             2/24/95    4      57.76
   1/23/95    8      90.96             2/26/95    3      98.13

   DATE      QTY     AMOUNT
   1/3/95     1      66.99
   1/5/95     6      59.11
   1/8/95     4       2.80
   1/8/95     3      11.12
   1/9/95     2      49.71
   1/15/95    3      59.76
   1/23/95    7      93.32
   1/23/95    8      90.96
   2/6/95     6      44.91
   2/9/95     7      19.13
   2/10/95    2      20.56
   2/10/95    3      69.94
   2/11/95    8      71.67
   2/19/95    1      93.61
   2/24/95    4      57.76
   2/26/95    3      98.13

1. Activate the module sheet containing the macro.

2. On the Tools menu, click References.

3. In Microsoft Excel 97, select the Microsoft DAO 3.5 Object Library check box or in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, select the Microsoft DAO 3.0 Object Library check box, and then click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about DAO, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   DAO, Overview

For more information about Data Access Objects, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 7.0 Help, type the following text

   DAO, Overview

For more information about the UNION sql operation, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   UNION Operation