Re: VB6 Expert, DB (Access) Dumbshit (PAYBACK TIME FOLKS!!!)

On 8 Feb 2006 18:09:41 -0800, neilanessa@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hey folks, Neila here ;-)))
After screwing around with MS Access for the last week or so (fixing
a predecessor's app),
I have come to the profound insight that Access TOTALLY SUCKS!!! I
have decided that its
crippled completely LAME approach to User Interface (actually within
most of VBA) will cause me to become hairless before too long. I have
searched for examples on how to
use an Access database from VB6 without finding alot of good examples.
All I need to
do is connect to my an mdb file, snag the crap from a Table, do abit of
mojo and possibly
update a field or two in several records. I do not care to use a data
control or screw around
with any of the automagical bullshit which Access does. Anyone out
there have a link to VB6 (sp6) doing the dirty deed with an Access data
base (Access 2003 from Office 2003 if it matters)... I will dig around
in my many book references when I get home later... For anyone
new on this ng who may not recognize Neila, do a google and you will
see I have answered
probably thousands of questions in this newsgroup in the past (so don't
drop me any flame or nasty BS cause it will come back to haunt you).
So, now's your chance to balance some of the Karma by dropping me some
good info!!!
Thanks in advance,
Neila
I'll bet a bunch of you are laughing your asses off cause I can't seem
to figure this one out (too late in the day - I just installed VB6 on
this machine an hour ago... I'd stick with
access, but the UI is so pathetic that I just want to throw my PC out
of the window!).
I mean for crying out loud, I have to use the freaking API to access a
$%%^ing common
dialog control (Whoever designed this crap should be shot after being
drawn and quartered).
Next month I'll be a database expert!!!!

Working with .MDB files in Visual BASIC 6.0 is extremely easy
after one or two hours of study. ADO is the likely method you are
looking for. There are so many examples of ADO code on the 'net
that one can find anything and everything one needs.

Since you did not give an actual query on how to do something, one
cannot help you at the moment. Do you have specific questions we
may answer?


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