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Visual Basic Database Access
BICS546
Microsoft Universal Data Access
• OLE DB: The OLE database protocol
– Allows a program to access information in any type of
data source, and it is the basis for ADO.
– Data provider: databases, spreadsheets, etc.
• ADO: ActiveX Data Objects
– An Interface for OLE DB.
– Allow programmers to use a standard set of objects to
refer to any OLE DB data source.
• ODBC: Open Database Connectivity
– A driver manager
– Used for relational databases
Program
ActiveX Data Objects
OLE DB
Provider
OLE DB
Provider
ODBC
Data Source
ODBC
Data Source
Using ODBC
• Three types of data source names
– User DSN: usable only by you and only on the
machine currently using.
– System DSN: Any one using the machine can
use.
– File DSN: Can be copied and used by other
computers with the same driver installed.
Visual Basic Database Tools
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Visual Data Manager
Data Environments
Data Views
Data Report Designer
Data Projects
Visual Data Manager
• Add-Ins/Visual Data Manager
• Supports: Access, dBase, FoxPro, Paradox,
ODBC, Text files.
• Creating new database
• Managing existing database
• Query Builder, Form Wizard
• DAO
Data Environments
• Project/More ActiveX Designer/Data
Environment
• Data Environments are designed to be the
basis of design-time and run-time data
access. They make data available to any
forms and modules in your application.
Data Environments at Design
Time
• Right Click Connection1
– Click Properties to set up database connection
– Click Add Command to choose record source.
• Drag and drop fields from Command1 to form.
Text box properties:
– Data Source: Data Environment1
– Data Member: Command1 (Note: Data environment
can support many command objects)
– Data Field
Data Environments at Run Time
• Access command object’s Recordset object and
Recordset object’s methods.
• Recordset’s name: rs+command name.
– Ex. rsCommand1
• Properties:
– EOF, BOF, RecordCount
• Methods:
– MoveFirst, MoveLast, MoveNext, MovePrevious
Data Environment Code Example
DataEnvironment1.rsCommand1.MoveNext
IF DataEnvironment1.rsCommand1.EOF THEN
DataEnvironment1.rsCommand1.MoveLast
END IF
Data Views
• View/Data View Window
• An overview of the database objects you
have in a project, such as Data
Environments, connections, data links.
Data Report Designer
• Project/Add Data Report
• Features of Data Report Designer
– Drag and Drop fields from the Data
Environment to report detail section. The
DataMember and DataField properties of the
text box are automatically set.
– Drag and Drop the Command object (Must
make sure the DataSOurce and DataMember
properties of the DataReport are set properly).
Data Report Code Example
‘To preview report
DataReport1.Show
‘To print
DataReport.PrintReport
Data Projects
• VB projects come with built-in Data
Environments and Data Report Designer.
Using Databases in VB
• Three VB database objects:
– DAO, RDO, ADO
• Two ways to work with these objects:
– VB Data controls, data-bound controls
– Programming objects
DAO
• Support the Jet database
• DAO data control
– Database property
– RecordSource property: tables, queries, SQL
statement
– RecordSet Type Property: Table, Dynaset,
Snapshot
– Able to connect to data sources such as dBase,
text files, and Excel spreadsheet.
ADO Data Control
• Project/Components/Microsoft ADO 6.0
• Double Click ADO to insert ADO
• Right Click and select ADODC Properties
– General : Source of Connection
– RecordSource:
• 1 – adCmdText: SQL statement
• 2 – adCmdTable: Table in the database
• 4 - adCmdStoredProc
ADO Properties
• BOF Action, EOF Action
• Command TimeOut: Amount of time in seconds
the ADO control will allow for commands to be
executed on the server.
• ConnectionString
• CursorLocation: server site, client site
• CursorType
• MaxRecords: 0 means no limit.
• RecordSource
Cursor Type
• Forward Only: Can only move forward through
the recordset (can only MoveNext). Use the least
amount of system resources.
• Static: Can navigate in both directions. Unable to
see changes made by other users.
• Keyset: Can see changes made by other users
(except insertions).
• Dynamic: Use most of resources, and can see all
changes made by other users.
Cursor Lock Type
• ReadOnly
• Optimistic: Does not lock the file until
updates are actually applied.
• BatchOptimistic: All changes be submitted
at one time.
• Pessimistic: Lock the table the entire time
that the recordset is open.
Cursor Mode Property
• Determines the access rights of the user.
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Read
Write
ReadWrite
ShareDenyRead: Deny other from opening connections
with read permissions.
– ShareDenyWrite
– ShareExclusive
– ShareDenyNone: Prevent others from opening
conections with any permissions.