ParentCatalog Property Example (VB)

The following code demonstrates how to use the ParentCatalog property to access a provider-specific property prior to appending a table to a catalog. The property is AutoIncrement, which creates an AutoIncrement field in a Microsoft Jet database.

' BeginCreateAutoIncrColumnVB  
Sub Main()  
    On Error GoTo CreateAutoIncrColumnError  
  
    Dim cnn As New ADODB.Connection  
    Dim cat As New ADOX.Catalog  
    Dim tbl As New ADOX.Table  
  
    cnn.Open "Provider='Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0';" & _  
        "Data Source='Northwind.mdb';"  
    Set cat.ActiveConnection = cnn  
  
    With tbl  
        .Name = "MyContacts"  
        Set .ParentCatalog = cat  
        ' Create fields and append them to the new Table object.  
        .Columns.Append "ContactId", adInteger  
        ' Make the ContactId column and auto incrementing column  
        .Columns("ContactId").Properties("AutoIncrement") = True  
        .Columns.Append "CustomerID", adVarWChar  
        .Columns.Append "FirstName", adVarWChar  
        .Columns.Append "LastName", adVarWChar  
        .Columns.Append "Phone", adVarWChar, 20  
        .Columns.Append "Notes", adLongVarWChar  
    End With  
  
    cat.Tables.Append tbl  
    Debug.Print "Table 'MyContacts' is added."  
  
    ' Delete the table as this is a demonstration.  
    cat.Tables.Delete tbl.Name  
    Debug.Print "Table 'MyContacts' is delete."  
  
    'Clean up  
    cnn.Close  
    Set cat = Nothing  
    Set tbl = Nothing  
    Set cnn = Nothing  
    Exit Sub  
  
CreateAutoIncrColumnError:  
  
    Set cat = Nothing  
    Set tbl = Nothing  
  
    If Not cnn Is Nothing Then  
        If cnn.State = adStateOpen Then cnn.Close  
    End If  
    Set cnn = Nothing  
  
    If Err <> 0 Then  
        MsgBox Err.Source & "-->" & Err.Description, , "Error"  
    End If  
  
End Sub  
' EndCreateAutoIncrColumnVB  

See Also

Append Method (ADOX Columns)
Append Method (ADOX Tables)
Catalog Object (ADOX)
Column Object (ADOX)
Columns Collection (ADOX)
Name Property (ADOX)
ParentCatalog Property (ADOX)
Table Object (ADOX)
Type Property (Column) (ADOX)