FIX: ADODC Errors When RecordSet Property is set to NULL (223080)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q223080

SYMPTOMS

Setting the RecordSet property on the ActiveX Data Control (ADO) DataControl to Nothing generates one of the following errors:
Run-time error '-2147217908 (80040e0c)': Method 'Refresh' of object 'IADODC' failed.

-or-

Run-time error '-2147417848 (80010108)': Method 'Recordset' of object 'IADODC' failed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:


194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following code sample uses the NorthWinds database, NWind.MDB, that comes with Visual Basic.

  1. Start Visual Basic 6.0 and create a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
  2. Add the following Project Component:
       Microsoft ADO Data Control 6.0 (OLEDB)
  3. Paste the following code into the default form: 
       Private Sub Form_Load()

   Adodc1.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51;" & _
     "Data Source=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\Nwind.mdb"
   Adodc1.RecordSource = "SELECT * FROM Employees"
   Adodc1.Refresh
   MsgBox Adodc1.Recordset("LastName")

   'Error occurs on this line:
   Set Adodc1.Recordset = Nothing

End Sub

REFERENCES

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/27/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbCtrl kbVBp600fix kbVS600sp3fix KB223080
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