Recordset.GetRows Method

Retrieves multiple rows from a Recordset object.

Syntax

expression.GetRows(NumRows)

expression   A variable that represents a Recordset object.

Parameters

Return Value
Variant

Remarks

Use the GetRows method to copy records from a Recordset. GetRows returns a two-dimensional array. The first subscript identifies the field and the second identifies the row number. For example, intField represents the field, and intRecord identifies the row number:

avarRecords(intField, intRecord)

To get the first field value in the second row returned, use code like the following:

field1 = avarRecords(0,1)

To get the second field value in the first row, use code like the following:

field2 = avarRecords(1,0)

The avarRecords variable automatically becomes a two-dimensional array when GetRows returns data.

If you request more rows than are available, then GetRows returns only the number of available rows. You can use the Visual Basic for Applications UBound function to determine how many rows GetRows actually retrieved, because the array is sized to fit the number of returned rows. For example, if you returned the results into a Variant called varA, you could use the following code to determine how many rows were actually returned:

numReturned = UBound(varA,2) + 1

You need to use "+ 1" because the first row returned is in the 0 element of the array. The number of rows that you can retrieve is constrained by the amount of available memory. You shouldn't use GetRows to retrieve an entire table into an array if it is large.

Because GetRows returns all fields of the Recordset into the array, including Memo and Long Binary fields, you might want to use a query that restricts the fields returned.

After you call GetRows, the current record is positioned at the next unread row. That is, GetRows has the same effect on the current record as Movenumrows.

If you are trying to retrieve all the rows by using multiple GetRows calls, use the EOF property to be sure that you're at the end of the Recordset. GetRows returns less than the number requested if it's at the end of the Recordset, or if it can't retrieve a row in the range requested. For example, if you're trying to retrieve 10 records, but you can't retrieve the fifth record, GetRows returns four records and makes the fifth record the current record. This will not generate a run-time error. This might occur if another user deletes a record in a dynaset-type Recordset. See the example for a demonstration of how to handle this.

Example

This example uses the GetRows method to retrieve a specified number of rows from a Recordset and to fill an array with the resulting data. The GetRows method will return fewer than the desired number of rows in two cases: either if EOF has been reached, or if GetRows tried to retrieve a record that was deleted by another user. The function returns False only if the second case occurs. The GetRowsOK function is required for this procedure to run.

  Sub GetRowsX()
Dim dbsNorthwind As Database
Dim rstEmployees As Recordset
Dim strMessage As String
Dim intRows As Integer
Dim avarRecords As Variant
Dim intRecord As Integer
Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb")
Set rstEmployees = dbsNorthwind.OpenRecordset( _
"SELECT FirstName, LastName, Title " & _
"FROM Employees ORDER BY LastName", dbOpenSnapshot)
With rstEmployees
Do While True
' Get user input for number of rows.
strMessage = "Enter number of rows to retrieve."
intRows = Val(InputBox(strMessage))
     If intRows <= 0 Then Exit Do

     ' If GetRowsOK is successful, print the results,
     ' noting if the end of the file was reached.
     If GetRowsOK(rstEmployees, intRows, _
           avarRecords) Then
        If intRows > UBound(avarRecords, 2) + 1 Then
           Debug.Print "(Not enough records in " & _
              "Recordset to retrieve " & intRows & _
              " rows.)"
        End If
        Debug.Print UBound(avarRecords, 2) + 1 & _
           " records found."

        ' Print the retrieved data.
        For intRecord = 0 To UBound(avarRecords, 2)
           Debug.Print "  " & _
              avarRecords(0, intRecord) & " " & _
              avarRecords(1, intRecord) & ", " & _
              avarRecords(2, intRecord)
        Next intRecord
     Else
        ' Assuming the GetRows error was due to data 
        ' changes by another user, use Requery to
        ' refresh the Recordset and start over.
        If .Restartable Then
           If MsgBox("GetRows failed--retry?", _
                 vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
              .Requery
           Else
              Debug.Print "GetRows failed!"
              Exit Do
           End If
        Else
           Debug.Print "GetRows failed! " & _
              "Recordset not Restartable!"
           Exit Do
        End If
     End If

     ' Because using GetRows leaves the current record 
     ' pointer at the last record accessed, move the
     ' pointer back to the beginning of the Recordset
     ' before looping back for another search.
     .MoveFirst
  Loop

End With
rstEmployees.Close
dbsNorthwind.Close
End Sub
Function GetRowsOK(rstTemp As Recordset, _
intNumber As Integer, avarData As Variant) As Boolean
' Store results of GetRows method in array.
avarData = rstTemp.GetRows(intNumber)
' Return False only if fewer than the desired number of
' rows were returned, but not because the end of the
' Recordset was reached.
If intNumber > UBound(avarData, 2) + 1 And _
Not rstTemp.EOF Then
GetRowsOK = False
Else
GetRowsOK = True
End If
End Function

See Also

• How to: Extract Data from a Record in a DAO Recordset