Database.RecordsAffected property (DAO)

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

Returns the number of records affected by the most recently invoked Execute method.

Syntax

expression .RecordsAffected

expression A variable that represents a Database object.

Example

This example uses the RecordsAffected property with action queries executed from a Database object and from a QueryDef object. The RecordsAffectedOutput function is required for this procedure to run.

    Sub RecordsAffectedX() 
     
     Dim dbsNorthwind As Database 
     Dim qdfTemp As QueryDef 
     Dim strSQLChange As String 
     Dim strSQLRestore As String 
     
     Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb") 
     
     With dbsNorthwind 
     ' Print report of contents of the Employees 
     ' table. 
     Debug.Print _ 
     "Number of records in Employees table: " & _ 
     .TableDefs!Employees.RecordCount 
     RecordsAffectedOutput dbsNorthwind 
     
     ' Define and execute an action query. 
     strSQLChange = "UPDATE Employees " & _ 
     "SET Country = 'United States' " & _ 
     "WHERE Country = 'USA'" 
     .Execute strSQLChange 
     
     ' Print report of contents of the Employees 
     ' table. 
     Debug.Print _ 
     "RecordsAffected after executing query " & _ 
     "from Database: " & .RecordsAffected 
     RecordsAffectedOutput dbsNorthwind 
     
     ' Define and run another action query. 
     strSQLRestore = "UPDATE Employees " & _ 
     "SET Country = 'USA' " & _ 
     "WHERE Country = 'United States'" 
     Set qdfTemp = .CreateQueryDef("", strSQLRestore) 
     qdfTemp.Execute 
     
     ' Print report of contents of the Employees 
     ' table. 
     Debug.Print _ 
     "RecordsAffected after executing query " & _ 
     "from QueryDef: " & qdfTemp.RecordsAffected 
     RecordsAffectedOutput dbsNorthwind 
     
     .Close 
     
     End With 
     
    End Sub 
     
    Function RecordsAffectedOutput(dbsNorthwind As Database) 
     
     Dim rstEmployees As Recordset 
     
     ' Open a Recordset object from the Employees table. 
     Set rstEmployees = _ 
     dbsNorthwind.OpenRecordset("Employees") 
     
     With rstEmployees 
     ' Enumerate Recordset. 
     .MoveFirst 
     Do While Not .EOF 
     Debug.Print " " & !LastName & ", " & !Country 
     .MoveNext 
     Loop 
     .Close 
     End With 
     
    End Function