XL2000: How to Use Data Access Objects to Join Tables of Different Formats (213820)

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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: To create the Excel file used in this example, follow these steps:

1. In Excel, create a new workbook.
2. 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.
3. Select cells A1:E3. On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define. Type Orders, and then click OK.
4. Save the workbook as C:\My Documents\Orders.xls.
5. Close the workbook.
6. Create a new workbook.
7. Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor, and then on the Insert menu, click Module.
8. On the Tools menu, click References. Select Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library, and then click OK.
9. 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