Sort Property Example (VB)

This example uses the Recordset object's Sort property to reorder the rows of a Recordset derived from the Authors table of the Pubs database. A secondary utility routine prints each row.

'BeginSortVB  
  
    'To integrate this code  
    'replace the data source and initial catalog values  
    'in the connection string  
  
Public Sub Main()  
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler  
  
     ' connection and recordset variables  
    Dim Cnxn As New ADODB.Connection  
    Dim rstAuthors As New ADODB.Recordset  
    Dim strCnxn As String  
    Dim strSQLAuthors As String  
  
    Dim strTitle As String  
  
    ' Open connection  
    Set Cnxn = New ADODB.Connection  
    strCnxn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source='MySqlServer';" & _  
        "Initial Catalog='Pubs';Integrated Security='SSPI';"  
    Cnxn.Open strCnxn  
  
    ' open client-side recordset to enable sort method  
    Set rstAuthors = New ADODB.Recordset  
    rstAuthors.CursorLocation = adUseClient  
    strSQLAuthors = "SELECT * FROM Authors"  
    rstAuthors.Open strSQLAuthors, Cnxn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText  
  
     ' sort the recordset last name ascending  
    rstAuthors.Sort = "au_lname ASC, au_fname ASC"  
     ' show output  
    Debug.Print "Last Name Ascending:"  
    Debug.Print "First Name  Last Name" & vbCr  
  
    rstAuthors.MoveFirst  
    Do Until rstAuthors.EOF  
        Debug.Print rstAuthors!au_fname & " " & rstAuthors!au_lname  
        rstAuthors.MoveNext  
    Loop  
  
     ' sort the recordset last name descending  
    rstAuthors.Sort = "au_lname DESC, au_fname ASC"  
     ' show output  
    Debug.Print "Last Name Descending"  
    Debug.Print "First Name  Last Name" & vbCr  
  
    Do Until rstAuthors.EOF  
        Debug.Print rstAuthors!au_fname & " " & rstAuthors!au_lname  
        rstAuthors.MoveNext  
    Loop  
  
    ' clean up  
    rstAuthors.Close  
    Cnxn.Close  
    Set rstAuthors = Nothing  
    Set Cnxn = Nothing  
    Exit Sub  
  
ErrorHandler:  
    ' clean up  
    If Not rstAuthors Is Nothing Then  
        If rstAuthors.State = adStateOpen Then rstAuthors.Close  
    End If  
    Set rstAuthors = Nothing  
  
    If Not Cnxn Is Nothing Then  
        If Cnxn.State = adStateOpen Then Cnxn.Close  
    End If  
    Set Cnxn = Nothing  
  
    If Err <> 0 Then  
        MsgBox Err.Source & "-->" & Err.Description, , "Error"  
    End If  
End Sub  
'EndSortVB  

This is the secondary utility routine that prints the given title, and the contents of the specified Recordset.

Attribute VB_Name = "Sort"  

See Also

Recordset Object (ADO)
Sort Property