MaxRecords Property Example (VB)
This example uses the MaxRecords property to open a Recordset containing the 10 most expensive titles in the Titles table.
'BeginMaxRecordsVB
'To integrate this code
'replace the data source and initial catalog values
'in the connection string
Public Sub Main()
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim rstTitles As ADODB.Recordset
Dim Cnxn As ADODB.Connection
Dim strCnxn As String
Dim strSQLTitles As String
' Open a connection
Set Cnxn = New ADODB.Connection
strCnxn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source='MySqlServer';" & _
"Initial Catalog='Pubs';Integrated Security='SSPI';"
Cnxn.Open strCnxn
' Open recordset containing the 10 most expensive
' titles in the Titles table
Set rstTitles = New ADODB.Recordset
rstTitles.MaxRecords = 10
strSQLTitles = "SELECT Title, Price FROM Titles ORDER BY Price DESC"
rstTitles.Open strSQLTitles, strCnxn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
' Display the contents of the recordset
Debug.Print "Top Ten Titles by Price:"
Do Until rstTitles.EOF
Debug.Print " " & rstTitles!Title & " - " & rstTitles!Price
rstTitles.MoveNext
Loop
' clean up
rstTitles.Close
Cnxn.Close
Set rstTitles = Nothing
Set Cnxn = Nothing
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
' clean up
If Not rstTitles Is Nothing Then
If rstTitles.State = adStateOpen Then rstTitles.Close
End If
Set rstTitles = Nothing
If Not Cnxn Is Nothing Then
If Cnxn.State = adStateOpen Then Cnxn.Close
End If
Set Cnxn = Nothing
If Err <> 0 Then
MsgBox Err.Source & "-->" & Err.Description, , "Error"
End If
End Sub
'EndMaxRecordsVB