Field.AppendChunk Method

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Appends data from a string expression to a Memo or Long Binary Field object in a Recordset.

Syntax

expression.AppendChunk(Val)

expression   A variable that represents a Field object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Val Required Variant A Variant (String subtype) expression or variable containing the data you want to append to the Field object.

Remarks

You can use the AppendChunk and GetChunk methods to access subsets of data in a Memo or Long Binary field.

You can also use these methods to conserve string space when you work with Memo and Long Binary fields. Certain operations (copying, for example) involve temporary strings. If string space is limited, you may need to work with chunks of a field instead of the entire field.

If there is no current record when you use AppendChunk, an error occurs.

Bb220958.vs_note(en-us,office.12).gif  Notes
  • The initial AppendChunk operation (after an Edit or AddNew call) will simply place the data in the field, overwriting any existing data. Subsequent AppendChunk calls within the same Edit or AddNew session will then add to the existing data.

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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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 Field, _
fldDestination As Field)


' 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