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ADO Database Viewer/Editor

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Submitted on: 3/14/2000
By: Paul Mather  
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 94 Users
Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0

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     Have you ever needed to view a database on a computer without MS Access? Here's an alternative. It uses ADO 2.1 to open, view & edit MS Access, SQL server, DSN and Oracle databases. There are also a few features to let you add, rename and delete tables as well as purge based on a Date/Time field. Clearly not a replacement for MS Access, but you can distribute it to help troubleshoot. Automatically registers itself as the default database viewer for .mdb files on systems without a default already set. Otherwise, it becomes a second option when right-clicking. Its Biggest advantage is its all ADO. No DAO at all. Now you're able to modify older versions of Access databases when Access itself requires a conversion!! I recommend distributing MDAC 2.5 even if you have a 2.1 application. Microsoft seems to have fixed some of the install problems with the MDAC 2.1. Please Note that you MUST HAVE the Oracle client installed on your PC to use the Oracle connection!!http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm ** Updated 3/21/2000 **Added Password support for Access databases.Please vote!

 
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3/14/2000 12:32:56 PM:rjsoft
Simple and direct. I like it.  Good job!
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3/15/2000 12:39:48 AM:Vinda
Excellent piece of code specially 
useful in case the client/customer does 
not have Access or SQL client installed 
and the Dev wants to view the database 
during debugging. 
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3/15/2000 2:53:59 PM:rweight
This is what I've been thinking of 
doing myself. Great job!  Is there 
anyway to edit a particular table and 
change the default property of a field 
so any new records created will always 
have at least the default value?  I can 
do this with Access, but many of my 
sites don't have Access and I need to 
change that field.  
Thanks!
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3/16/2000 9:54:05 PM:VeeJay
Thanx. I needed this as I don't have 
Access and I need to check out a 
certain *.mdb. You're a star!
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3/20/2000 3:37:56 PM:Chris
I really like the program and I can see 
the utility of it.  One option I would 
add would be the ability to specifiy a 
password for the Access DB that is 
being opened because the program can't 
handle this scenario 
currently.
Thanks for the code and 
the program.  It's really well-done.
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3/23/2000 5:41:29 PM:Brett
I've not looked at the code yet but I 
presume you are using ADOX to edit the 
database. I have had some problems 
setting the default value of a new 
field when allow nulls is set to true 
and also setting the allow null in an 
index . . . any ideas ??
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3/24/2000 1:36:36 AM:Andrew
The program is nice, but there are a 
few
error conditions that you should 
have it
trapped, or else the program 
will bombs out.
Keep it up.
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4/13/2000 10:34:13 PM:Misha
Can't download invalid Archieve
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4/19/2000 6:45:54 AM:conrad
very cool,what will happen if i stick 1 
200 000 records in an access table with 
9 rows, and how will it affect the 
speed at which i do queries?
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4/19/2000 8:40:55 AM:Paul Mather
You will see performance hits on tables 
with huge numbers of rows.  However, it 
is much faster to use a data-bound grid 
to view the data then it would be to 
use a recordset and then run through 
each record adding it into a grid.  To 
limit the query time, use the SQL 
statement field at the bottom to limit 
your search.
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4/19/2000 8:49:20 AM:Nathan
Very slick. Very very slick. Would be 
nice if you could enumerate the Query 
collection as well. I have modified it 
to do so. I only needed this because 
some imported tables from 
Clarion(Topspeed) databases have funky 
non SQL compatible naming conventions. 
BUT, very slick code.
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4/24/2000 11:50:51 PM:Monk
God bless u
Keep it up.
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5/22/2000 6:54:33 PM:Yuntan@mail.com
I am not able to run the program from 
VB6..
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5/23/2000 11:52:05 AM:help
it stops at commandline = 
command..
traced to registry calls.. 
couldn't find manually..
*sigh* 
anyone out there?
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5/24/2000 1:45:24 AM:Will French
Very, very nice job.  Tremendous 
resource for code examples bundled in a 
program that is, in itself, very useful.
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5/26/2000 11:26:25 AM:Dave
Great program! You did me a big favor.  
Keep up the good work!
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7/23/2000 1:37:33 PM:Andrew Juergens
This is great.  I create database 
applications, and I don't need any of 
the stuff access has to offer.  All i 
need is a thing to crate tables.  This 
is great!!
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8/22/2000 6:06:54 PM:Tom Williams
This looks as though it could be a 
great educational tool for me with 
regards to Oracle access via VB.  I was 
wondering if you could give specifics 
regarding the Select Netork Database 
Type of "Oracel (Needs Client)".  I 
have the oracle DBA software installed 
for version 8 and I don't seem to be 
able to connect without setting up an 
ODBC connection.  Is this what you are 
referring to or have you found a way to 
bypass the ODBC?
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8/30/2000 4:40:16 PM:Anil Dantes
Good amount of ADO work done very 
well!!! Excellent...keep up the good 
work.
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10/11/2000 5:00:12 AM:dinh
This one is exactly what I need
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10/17/2000 4:19:49 PM:JoeKramer
I am having problems trying to access a 
Oracle database.  I can seem to get to 
the DSN of it.  But how would I open a 
group???  I don't get errors.  I just 
don't seem to be able to view any 
data.
- Joe
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2/10/2001 2:47:36 AM:elliot
I find this the work of a vb God. It is 
exactly what i need. For a while i 
thought the code for a similer program 
of access would be 10 times longer. But 
everything in it seems logical and 
makes sense. Excellent Job.
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2/10/2001 10:54:11 AM:Paul Mather
Hahaha, thank you.  There are still 
some bugs in the program especially 
revolving arount the password protected 
Access databases.  It's not perfect, 
but it sure is handy when your end user 
doesn't have Access and you need to 
troubleshoot your database.  Enjoy!  
Thanks again. PLEASE VOTE!
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3/15/2001 10:21:38 PM:Synergy Designs
Amazing.  This is great.  If you added 
a create new database option, this 
would be even better than it already 
is.  Exellent code.
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3/16/2001 3:02:08 PM:e002378
Can you help me with the command err. I 
really want to get this code up and 
running. It loads 8mb in 7 sec's. 
Really great work...
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4/13/2001 10:15:51 AM:Chris Milne
Thanks. This is great!
I can only 
access my oracle database with the odbc 
style, the oracle specific ole thingy 
does not seem to work, not just with 
this program, always. OO4O works, any 
feelings about OO4O?
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4/18/2001 5:40:36 AM:RADU
Excellent example ! Learned alot from 
it ! Thanks !
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11/7/2001 4:11:51 AM:ARNO
Could you explain how to access an 
Oracle Database.
It seems many people 
have the same pb
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4/2/2002 4:58:38 AM:RegX
Any odbc compliant database can be 
accessed pretty much the same way 
through VB and rdo or ado. I do not use 
Oracle, but would be happy to post 
example connecting to Mysql server on 
unix. Any odbc compliant DB should be 
the same and is why odbc is exist in 
the first place.
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4/21/2002 2:18:05 PM:Ramu
Excellent piece of work, i never found 
anything else so useful as this bit, 
keep up the good work
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5/30/2002 8:15:31 PM:Jamie
This is a great tool especially since I 
do not have access. But how can I 
create primarykeys using this? I need 
autoincremented 
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6/16/2002 9:09:11 AM:S. Vasardanis
This is an excellent tool that every 
serious programmer should have. I have 
spoted though a very small omission. If 
you try to compact a password-protected 
database you get an error that the 
password is invalid. You can solve that 
by adding to the startingType string 
the following : & "Jet OLEDB:Database 
Password=#####" where ##### is your 
password. Hope that helps. Keep up the 
good work! 
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7/8/2002 3:24:19 AM:Zvika Sonis
good work and very usefull
the exe 
file works good.
in vb6 inveroment  
it stops at commandline = 
command..
and i get This 
..
Cant find project or 
library
please some one help !!!
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7/8/2002 3:27:11 AM:Zvika Sonis
My Email is zvka@yarpa.co.il
this is 
for my comment befor
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9/2/2002 3:07:10 AM:
You are a legend. Very useful for use 
in SQL Database Administration 
applications. I especially like the way 
you use the registry to remeber the 
settings.
5 stars
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10/1/2002 5:56:10 PM:Zorg
Amazing, best Access Editor Ive ever 
seen (apart from access itself which i 
dont have anyway)
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12/11/2002 3:11:06 AM:Garfield_X
Great code, but what i'm missing 
comments throughtout the code.
Why are 
you using the lockwindow statement?
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1/13/2003 2:21:52 PM:Issac
sweet...exactly what i was looking 
for.
thx
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3/5/2003 8:25:44 PM:
thanks a lot!! it's an excellent piece 
of work,it's exactly what i need!!
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3/10/2003 11:10:23 AM:
Frankly, this is a piece of Art. Thanks 
for sharing it. I wish it had 
capability to dump some of the queries 
to Excel. I wonder if you have done any 
more development on it. Thanks again 
for one of the best utilities I'd found 
in PSC.
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5/28/2003 9:56:22 PM:
Great! u really do me a favor!!!
3k u 
so much!!!
bst rgds
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5/30/2003 6:04:02 AM:
GREAT ! 5 globes for you... again ! :)
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6/2/2003 11:54:25 AM:Keith Stanier
Great code but. I don't 
like:
"Automatically registers 
itself as the default database viewer 
for .mdb files on systems without a 
default already set."
You can check 
if Access is registered in the system 
before changing anything.
If your 
using Msadodc.ocx, Msdatgrd.ocx, 
Msflxgrd.ocx why don't you use 
Comdlg32.ocx?
Good work, 5 globes.
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6/9/2003 12:10:15 PM:Tom Dewey
Very nice code, especially when a 
friend gives you some SQL Instructions 
and you only have a copy of MSDE :)
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6/17/2003 12:01:23 AM:FunnyPic Huh
thx, i needed this
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10/18/2003 4:29:53 AM:
Your fery good, I Like your VB
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