VBA/Excel/Access/Word/Access/Recordset Seek

Finding Records Using the Seek Method (Seek constants)

 
Constant         Value    Description
adSeekFirstEQ    1        Seeks the first key equal to KeyValues.
adSeekLastEQ     2        Seeks the last key equal to KeyValues.
adSeekAfterEQ    4        Seeks either a key equal to KeyValues or just after where that match would have occurred.
adSeekAfter      8        Seeks a key just after where a match with KeyValues would have occurred.
adSeekBeforeEQ   16       Seeks either a key equal to KeyValues or just before where that match would have occurred.
adSeekBefore     32       Seeks a key just before where a match with KeyValues would have occurred.

Sub Find_WithSeek()
   Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
   Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
   Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
   conn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & CurrentProject.Path & _
      "\mydb.mdb"
   Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
   With rst
      .Index = "Region"
      .Open "Customers", conn, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic, _
          adCmdTableDirect
      MsgBox rst.Supports(adSeek)
      .Seek "SP", adSeekFirstEQ
   End With
   If Not rst.EOF Then
      Debug.Print rst.Fields("CompanyName").Value
   End If
   rst.Close
   Set rst = Nothing
   conn.Close
   Set conn = Nothing
End Sub

Use Do while to loop through until EOF

 
Private Sub RunningSumDAO()
    Dim db As Database
    Dim rs As Recordset
    Dim lRunningSum As Long
    DBEngine.SetOption dbMaxLocksPerFile, 1000000
    Set db = CurrentDb
    
    lRunningSum = 0
    
    Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT * FROM Employees ORDER BY FirstName")
    Do While Not rs.EOF
       rs.Edit
       rs!RunningSum = lRunningSum
       rs.Update
       lRunningSum = lRunningSum + rs!Duration
       rs.MoveNext
    Loop
    rs.Close
End Sub

Use seek method in Recordset

 
Sub UsingSeek()
  Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
  Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
  Dim strSQL As String
  Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
  Set conn = CurrentProject.Connection
  With rs
    .Open Source:="Customers", ActiveConnection:=conn, _
      CursorType:=adOpenKeyset, LockType:=adLockOptimistic, _
      Options:=adCmdTableDirect
    .Index = "CompanyName"
    .Seek ("T")
  End With
  Debug.Print rs!CompanyName & " " & rs!ContactTitle & " " & rs!ContactName
End Sub