ADO: ActiveX Data Objects

Name

Field Object — (Versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5, 2.6)

Synopsis

Dim field As ADODB.Field

The Field object represents an individual column within a Recordset or a Record object’s Fields collection. A Field contains metadata properties that define its datatype, size, and precision.

Applies To

Fields

Contains a group of Field objects that represent the fields of the current record in an open Recordset object.

Collections

Properties

Contains characteristics specific to the Field object for the currently used provider.

Methods

AppendChunk

Appends data to a large data or binary field.

GetChunk

Returns the specified number of bytes or characters from the specified field.

Properties

ActualSize

Returns the actual length of a field’s value.

Attributes

Sets or returns specific characteristics about the Field object.

DataFormat

The DataFormat property for the Field object is not documented at all in the ADO help files -- however, the DataFormat property is used in other Microsoft objects outside of ADO.

DefinedSize

Represents the size, in bytes, of the capacity of a Field object’s datatype.

Name

Specifies the name for the current Field object.

NumericScale

Indicates the scale of numeric values in the current Field object.

OriginalValue

Returns the value that belonged to a field before any changes were made to it.

Precision

Represents the degree of precision of a numeric value within the current Field object.

Status

Indicates the status of the current Field object.

Type

Indicates the datatype of the Field’s Value property.

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