Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strOldFirst As String
Dim strOldLast As String
Dim strMessage As String
' Open recordset with names from Employee table.
strCnn = "driver={SQL Server};server=srv;" & _
"uid=sa;pwd=;database=pubs"
Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
rstEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rstEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
rstEmployees.Open "SELECT fname, lname " & _
"FROM Employee ORDER BY lname", strCnn, , , adCmdText
' Store original data.
strOldFirst = rstEmployees!fname
strOldLast = rstEmployees!lname
' Change data in edit buffer.
rstEmployees!fname = "Linda"
rstEmployees!lname = "Kobara"
' Show contents of buffer and get user input.
strMessage = "Edit in progress:" & vbCr & _
" Original data = " & strOldFirst & " " & _
strOldLast & vbCr & " Data in buffer = " & _
rstEmployees!fname & " " & rstEmployees!lname & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Use Update to replace the original data with " & _
"the buffered data in the Recordset?"
If MsgBox(strMessage, vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
rstEmployees.Update
Else
rstEmployees.CancelUpdate
End If
' Show the resulting data.
MsgBox "Data in recordset = " & rstEmployees!fname & " " & _
rstEmployees!lname
' Restore original data because this is a demonstration.
If Not (strOldFirst = rstEmployees!fname And _
strOldLast = rstEmployees!lname) Then
rstEmployees!fname = strOldFirst
rstEmployees!lname = strOldLast
rstEmployees.Update
End If