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The following sample macro attaches two tables to a newly created Jet database (Temp.mdb). One table is called Orders, and is in the Microsoft Excel format. The other table is called Employee, and is in the dBASE IV format.
The dBASE IV file used in this example is the sample file Employee.dbf,
which is included with Microsoft Query. You can find the sample dBASE IV files in the following default location:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
To create the Excel file used in this example, follow these steps:
- In Excel, create a new workbook.
- Type the following data in cells A1:E3 on Sheet1:
A1: Order_ID B1: Custmr_ID C1: Employ_ID D1: Order_Date E1: Order_Amt
A2: 88000 B2: WALNG C2: '111 D2: 1/1/97 E2: 111.00
A3: 88001 B3: HIGHG C3: '333 D3: 1/2/97 E3: 222.00
NOTE: Include the apostrophe before the numbers in cells C2 and C3,
as shown, to convert the values to text.
- Select cells A1:E3. On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define. Type Orders, and then click OK.
- Save the workbook as C:\My Documents\Orders.xls.
- Close the workbook.
- Create a new workbook.
- Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor, and then on the Insert menu, click Module.
- On the Tools menu, click References. Select Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library, and then click OK.
- Type the following code in the module sheet:
Sub JoinTables()
Dim db As database
Dim rs As recordset
Dim OrdersTable As tabledef, EmpTable As tabledef
'Create a temporary Jet database called Temp.MDB
Set db = createdatabase("C:\My Documents\Temp.mdb", dbLangGeneral)
'Attach the Excel table "Orders" from the file Orders.xls to the
'database
Set OrdersTable = db.CreateTableDef("Orders")
OrdersTable.Connect = "Excel 5.0;DATABASE=C:\My Documents\ORDERS.XLS"
OrdersTable.SourceTableName = "Orders"
db.TableDefs.Append OrdersTable
'Attach the dBASE IV table "Employee" to the database
'** Note: You may need to change the path to the sample dBASE
' files for your installation of Excel.
Set EmpTable = db.CreateTableDef("Employee")
EmpTable.Connect = _
"dBASE IV;DATABASE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office"
EmpTable.SourceTableName = "Employee"
db.TableDefs.Append EmpTable
'Create the recordset -- Return the Order_ID from the Orders
'table and
'The First_name and Last_Name from the Employee table where the
'Employ_ID in the Employee table matches the Employ_ID in the Orders
'table
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT orders.ORDER_ID, " & _
"employee.FIRST_NAME, employee.LAST_NAME FROM employee, orders " & _
"WHERE employee.EMPLOY_ID = orders.EMPLOY_ID", dbOpenDynaset)
'Copy the recordset to Sheet1!A1
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset rs
'Close the database and delete the database file Temp.mdb
db.Close
Kill "c:\my documents\temp.mdb"
End Sub