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Get field properties

 

Public Sub DescribeARow()
  Const SQL As String = "SELECT * FROM Customers"
  Const ConnectionString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\mydb.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
  Dim Recordset As Recordset
  Set Recordset = New Recordset
  Call Recordset.Open(SQL, ConnectionString, adOpenDynamic)
  Recordset.MoveFirst
  Dim Field As Field
  For Each Field In Recordset.Fields
    Debug.Print "Name: " & Field.Name
    Debug.Print "Type: " & Field.Type
    Debug.Print "Size: " & Field.ActualSize
    Debug.Print "Value: " & Field.Value
  Next
End Sub

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