MDAC 2.5 SDK - ADO

Attributes and Name Properties Example (VB)

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This example displays the value of the Attributes property for Connection, Field, and Property objects. It uses the Name property to display the name of each Field and Property object.

Public Sub AttributesX

   Dim cnn1 As ADODB.Connection
   Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
   Dim fldLoop As ADODB.Field
   Dim proLoop As ADODB.Property
   Dim strCnn As String
   
   ' Open connection and recordset.
   strCnn = "Provider=sqloledb;" & _
      "Data Source=srv;Initial Catalog=Pubs;User Id=sa;Password=; "
   Set cnn1 = New ADODB.Connection
   cnn1.Open strCnn
   Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
   rstEmployees.Open "employee", cnn1, , , adCmdTable
   
   ' Display the attributes of the connection.
   Debug.Print "Connection attributes = " & _
      cnn1.Attributes

   ' Display the attributes of the Employee table's
   ' fields.
   Debug.Print "Field attributes:"
   For Each fldLoop In rstEmployees.Fields
      Debug.Print "   " & fldLoop.Name & " = " & _
         fldLoop.Attributes
   Next fldLoop

   ' Display Fields of the Employee table which are NULLABLE.
   Debug.Print "NULLABLE Fields:"
   For Each fldLoop In rstEmployees.Fields
      If CBool(fldLoop.Attributes And adFldIsNullable) Then
         Debug.Print "   " & fldLoop.Name
      End If
   Next fldLoop

   ' Display the attributes of the Employee table's
   ' properties.
   Debug.Print "Property attributes:"
   For Each proLoop In rstEmployees.Properties
      Debug.Print "   " & proLoop.Name & " = " & _
         proLoop.Attributes
   Next proLoop

   rstEmployees.Close
   cnn1.Close

End Sub