HOWTO: RDO Prepared Statements/Search Crit. to Fill Listbox

Last reviewed: June 19, 1997
Article ID: Q142836
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

RDO does not have a FindFirst or a Seek method. This sample uses an RDO prepared statement to provide this kind of functionality. The code included below allows the user to type in search criteria in a text box, click a command button and the list box will be filled with any records that satisfy the search criteria. You may also want to use a stored procedure once you know that your query is working the way that you want it to. Keep in mind that RDO is available in Visual Basic 4.0 32-bit and Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise editions only.

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Step-By-Step Example

  1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default. Add a CommandButton, a text box and a list control. Accept the default names for all.

  2. Make sure a reference to the Microsoft Remote Data Object library has been established. In Visual Basic 4.0, you can establish the reference by clicking References from the Tools menu. In Visual Basic 5.0, click References from the Project menu.

  3. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1:

        Option Explicit
        Dim ps As rdoPreparedStatement
        Dim conn As rdoConnection
        Dim rs As rdoResultset
    

        Private Sub Form_Load()
    
            With rdoEnvironments(0)
              .CursorDriver = rdUseOdbc
        Set conn = .OpenConnection("", rdDriverNoPrompt, False, _
        "driver={SQL Server};server=Myserv;uid=MyUID;pwd=Mypwd;database=pubs")
         End With
            Set ps = conn.CreatePreparedStatement("", " select au_lname " & _
              "from authors where au_lname like ?")
        End Sub
    
        Private Sub Command1_Click()
          list1.Clear
          ps.rdoParameters(0) = Text1.Text
          If rs Is Nothing Then
              Set rs = ps.OpenResultset(rdOpenKeyset)
          Else
              rs.Requery
          End If
          While Not rs.EOF
              list1.AddItem rs!au_lname
              rs.MoveNext
          Wend
          End Sub
    
        Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
          rs.Close
          conn.Close
        End Sub
    
    

  4. Make sure you have an appropriate ODBC data source, user ID, and password, then press the F5 key to run the program. Type your search criteria in Text1 and click the CommandButton.


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Version : 4.0 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: June 19, 1997
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