This example demonstrates the Update method in conjunction with the CancelUpdate method.
Public Sub UpdateX()
Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strOldFirst As String
Dim strOldLast As String
Dim strMessage As String
' Open recordset with names from Employees table.
strCnn = "Provider=sqloledb;" & _
"Data Source=srv;Initial Catalog=Pubs;User Id=sa;Password=; "
Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
rstEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rstEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
rstEmployees.Open "SELECT fname, lname " & _
"FROM Employees ORDER BY lname", strCnn, , , adCmdText
' Store original data.
strOldFirst = rstEmployees!fname
strOldLast = rstEmployees!lname
' Change data in edit buffer.
rstEmployees!fname = "Linda"
rstEmployees!lname = "Kobara"
' Show contents of buffer and get user input.
strMessage = "Edit in progress:" & vbCr & _
" Original data = " & strOldFirst & " " & _
strOldLast & vbCr & " Data in buffer = " & _
rstEmployees!fname & " " & rstEmployees!lname & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Use Update to replace the original data with " & _
"the buffered data in the Recordset?"
If MsgBox(strMessage, vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
rstEmployees.Update
Else
rstEmployees.CancelUpdate
End If
' Show the resulting data.
MsgBox "Data in recordset = " & rstEmployees!fname & " " & _
rstEmployees!lname
' Restore original data because this is a demonstration.
If Not (strOldFirst = rstEmployees!fname And _
strOldLast = rstEmployees!lname) Then
rstEmployees!fname = strOldFirst
rstEmployees!lname = strOldLast
rstEmployees.Update
End If
rstEmployees.Close
End Sub
This example demonstrates the Update method in conjunction with the AddNew method.
Public Sub UpdateX2()
Dim cnn1 As ADODB.Connection
Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strEmpID As String
Dim strOldFirst As String
Dim strOldLast As String
Dim strMessage As String
' Open a connection.
Set cnn1 = New ADODB.Connection
strCnn = "Provider=sqloledb;" & _
"Data Source=srv;Initial Catalog=Pubs;User Id=sa;Password=; "
cnn1.Open strCnn
' Open recordset with data from Employees table.
Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
rstEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rstEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
rstEmployees.Open "employee", cnn1, , , adCmdTable
rstEmployees.AddNew
strEmpID = "B-S55555M"
rstEmployees!emp_id = strEmpID
rstEmployees!fname = "Bill"
rstEmployees!lname = "Sornsin"
' Show contents of buffer and get user input.
strMessage = "AddNew in progress:" & vbCr & _
"Data in buffer = " & rstEmployees!emp_id & ", " & _
rstEmployees!fname & " " & rstEmployees!lname & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Use Update to save buffer to recordset?"
If MsgBox(strMessage, vbYesNoCancel) = vbYes Then
rstEmployees.Update
' Go to the new record and show the resulting data.
MsgBox "Data in recordset = " & rstEmployees!emp_id & ", " & _
rstEmployees!fname & " " & rstEmployees!lname
Else
rstEmployees.CancelUpdate
MsgBox "No new record added."
End If
' Delete new data because this is a demonstration.
cnn1.Execute "DELETE FROM employee WHERE emp_id = '" & strEmpID & "'"
rstEmployees.Close
End Sub