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SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Excel 97, if you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the Data Access Objects (DAO) CopyFromRecordSet method to retrieve data from an external database, you may receive the following error message: If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following:
CAUSEMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web: http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.aspThis problem occurs if the Data argument of the CopyFromRecordSet method is either uninitialized or is set to Nothing, as in the following examples. Variable Is Uninitialized
Variable Is Set to Nothing
WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, make sure that the TypeName function of the Data variable is set to a value other than Nothing. To do this, modify the code so that it resembles the following:
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel, you use the CopyFromRecordSet method to copy the
contents of a recordset object into a worksheet.
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