CreateRecordset method (RDS)

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

Creates an empty, disconnected Recordset.

Syntax

object.CreateRecordset(ColumnInfos)

Parameters

Parameter Description
Object An object variable that represents an RDSServer.DataFactory or RDS.DataControl object.
ColumnsInfos A Variant array of attributes that defines each column in the Recordset created. Each column definition contains an array of four required attributes and one optional attribute. The set of column arrays is then grouped into an array, which defines the Recordset. For a list of attributes, see the following table.

Variant array attributes

Attribute Description
Name Name of the column header.
Type Integer of the data type.
Size Integer of the width in characters, regardless of data type.
Nullability Boolean value.
Scale (optional) This optional attribute defines the scale for numeric fields. If this value is not specified, numeric values will be truncated to a scale of three. Precision is not affected, but the number of digits following the decimal point will be truncated to three.

Remarks

The server-side business object can populate the resulting Recordset with data from a non-OLE DB data provider, such as an operating system file containing stock quotes.

The following table lists the DataTypeEnum values supported by the CreateRecordset method. The number listed is the reference number used to define fields.

Each of the data types is either fixed length or variable length. Fixed-length types should be defined with a size of –1, because the size is predetermined and a size definition is still required. Variable-length data types allow a size from 1 to 32767.

For some of the variable data types, the type may be coerced to the type noted in the Substitution column. You won't see the substitutions until after the Recordset is created and filled. Then you can check for the actual data type, if necessary.

Length

Constant

Number

Substitution

Fixed

adTinyInt

16

Fixed

adSmallInt

2

Fixed

adInteger

3

Fixed

adBigInt

20

Fixed

adUnsignedTinyInt

17

Fixed

adUnsignedSmallInt

18

Fixed

adUnsignedInt

19

Fixed

adUnsignedBigInt

21

Fixed

adSingle

4

Fixed

adDouble

5

Fixed

adCurrency

6

Fixed

adDecimal

14

Fixed

adNumeric

131

Fixed

adBoolean

11

Fixed

adError

10

Fixed

adGuid

72

Fixed

adDate

7

Fixed

adDBDate

133

Fixed

adDBTime

134

Fixed

adDBTimestamp

135

7

Variable

adBSTR

8

130

Variable

adChar

129

200

Variable

adVarChar

200

Variable

adLongVarChar

201

200

Variable

adWChar

130

Variable

adVarWChar

202

130

Variable

adLongVarWChar

203

130

Variable

adBinary

128

Variable

adVarBinary

204

Variable

adLongVarBinary

205

204