[AccessD] ADO Save recordset format adPersistADTG

Hi Michael

But neither is an mdb file human readable.
However, I can see a purpose for just storing some temporary or configuration data with one line of code - without going the route to create an mdb and a table.

/gustav

>>> michael at ddisolutions.com.au 15-06-2006 01:33 >>>
 
"Where or why could this binary format be used? "

I used it exactly once.
I had an app where I had to provide a this year/last year comparison.
It suited me because it was
NOT human readable.  

cheers

Michael M

Hi all

With ADO you can save a recordset to a file, normally an XML file, but
another format, Microsoft Advanced Data TableGram, exists:

  rst.Save "d:\temp\records.dat", adPersistADTG

Where or why could this binary format be used? 
It creates file sizes about 1/3 of the XML file created if adPersistXML
had been used.
Is it just a proprietary format for storing and retrieval of data
to/from a single external file?

/gustav