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ottobre 2007 Blog Posts

OLEDB and text files

This is a very quick example about OLEDB and read a text (.txt) file using Visual Basic 6. The text file must be formatted as a simple CSV file with a field separator. Something like this Test.txt a;1;Test b;2;Test c;3;Test d;4;Test Supposing "Test.Txt" is stored in the root of the C: harddrive, the code will look like ---------------------------------------- Dim cn As ADODB.Connection Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") cn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\;Extended Properties=""text;HDR=No;FMT=Delimited'""" Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") rs.Open "SELECT * FROM Test.txt", cn, 0, 1, 1 While Not rs.EOF     Debug.Print rs.Fields(0).Value, rs.Fields(1).Value, rs.Fields(2).Value     rs.MoveNext Wend rs.Close Set rs = Nothing cn.Close Set cn = Nothing ---------------------------------------- Take a look to the connection string "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\;Extended Properties=""text;HDR=No;FMT=Delimited'""" the Data Source=c:\; is the key. If you...

posted @ domenica 7 ottobre 2007 21:00 | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Visual Basic OLEDB ]

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