Field2.GetChunk method (DAO)

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03/18/2022

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

Returns all or a portion of the contents of a Memo or Long BinaryField2 object in the Fields collection of a Recordset object.

Syntax

expression .GetChunk(Offset, Bytes)

expression A variable that represents a Field2 object.

Parameters

Name	Required/optional	Data type	Description
Offset	Required	Long	The number of bytes to skip before copying begins.
Bytes	Required	Long	The number of bytes you want to return.

Return value

Variant

Remarks

The bytes returned by GetChunk are assigned to variable. Use GetChunk to return a portion of the total data value at a time. You can use the AppendChunk method to reassemble the pieces.

If offset is 0, GetChunk begins copying from the first byte of the field.

If numbytes is greater than the number of bytes in the field, GetChunk returns the actual number of remaining bytes in the field.

Note

Use a Memo field for text, and put binary data only in Long Binary fields. Doing otherwise will cause undesirable results.

Example

This example uses the AppendChunk and GetChunk methods to fill an OLE object field with data from another record, 32K at a time. In a real application, one might use a procedure like this to copy an employee record (including the employee's photo) from one table to another. In this example, the record is simply being copied back to same table. Note that all the chunk manipulation takes place within a single AddNew-Update sequence.

    Sub AppendChunkX() 
     
     Dim dbsNorthwind As Database 
     Dim rstEmployees As Recordset 
     Dim rstEmployees2 As Recordset 
     
     Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb") 
     
     ' Open two recordsets from the Employees table. 
     Set rstEmployees = _ 
     dbsNorthwind.OpenRecordset("Employees", _ 
     dbOpenDynaset) 
     Set rstEmployees2 = rstEmployees.Clone 
     
     ' Add a new record to the first Recordset and copy the 
     ' data from a record in the second Recordset. 
     With rstEmployees 
     .AddNew 
     !FirstName = rstEmployees2!FirstName 
     !LastName = rstEmployees2!LastName 
     CopyLargeField rstEmployees2!Photo, !Photo 
     .Update 
     
     ' Delete new record because this is a demonstration. 
     .Bookmark = .LastModified 
     .Delete 
     .Close 
     End With 
     
     rstEmployees2.Close 
     dbsNorthwind.Close 
     
    End Sub 
     
    Function CopyLargeField(fldSource As Field2, _ 
     fldDestination As Field2) 
     
     ' Set size of chunk in bytes. 
     Const conChunkSize = 32768 
     
     Dim lngOffset As Long 
     Dim lngTotalSize As Long 
     Dim strChunk As String 
     
     ' Copy the photo from one Recordset to the other in 32K 
     ' chunks until the entire field is copied. 
     lngTotalSize = fldSource.FieldSize 
     Do While lngOffset < lngTotalSize 
     strChunk = fldSource.GetChunk(lngOffset, conChunkSize) 
     fldDestination.AppendChunk strChunk 
     lngOffset = lngOffset + conChunkSize 
     Loop 
     
    End Function

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