CAUSE
If you attempt to return data to Microsoft Excel by using data access
objects (DAO) by specifying the cell and field from a recordset as in the
following line of code
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value=Rs("Company")
you will receive "#NA" in the cell you specified, instead of the data you
were trying to return.
WORKAROUND
There are two methods to work around this behavior:
- You can assign a variable to the field and then assign a cell to the
variable, as described in Method 1 below.
-or-
- You can use the Value property to retrieve the text from the field,
as described in Method 2 below.
NOTE: In order to run this code, you need to have "Microsoft DAO 3.0 Object
Library" selected. To do so, in a Module sheet, click References on
the Tools menu and click to select the "Microsoft DAO 3.0 object library"
option.
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Method 1
This example shows how to assign the contents of the field to a variable,
and then to assign a cell to the variable. This code will place the
"CustomerID" in cell A1 on Sheet1:
Sub GetTable()
Dim Db As Database
Dim Rs As Recordset
Dim Path As String
Dim Var1 as String
Path = "c:\msoffice\access\samples\northwind.mdb"
Set Db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(Path, ReadOnly:=True, _
Exclusive:=False)
Set Rs = Db.OpenRecordset("Customers")
Rs.MoveFirst
Var1 = Rs("CustomerID")
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") = Var1
Rs.Close
Db.Close
End Sub
Method 2
This example shows how to use the Value property of Microsoft Excel to
return the data in the specified field. This code will place the
"CustomerID" in cell A1 on Sheet1.
Sub GetTable()
Dim Db As Database
Dim Rs As Recordset
Dim Path As String
Path = "c:\msoffice\access\samples\northwind.mdb"
Set Db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(Path, ReadOnly:=True, _
Exclusive:=False)
Set Rs = Db.OpenRecordset("Customers")
Rs.MoveFirst
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") = Rs("CustomerID").Value
Rs.Close
Db.Close
End Sub