[dba-VB] Text File Into Access Using Visual Basic 6

Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu
Wed Jan 28 08:09:25 CST 2004


Paul,

Have a look at the downloads on my website.  I have sample code for file
I/O in VB.  The code was written for Access, but is generic enough it
should work in VB without a problem.  I use DAO in there for database
access, but you can easily substitue ADO if you prefer.

Seth

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 03:28, paul.hartland at fsmail.net wrote:
> To all,
>  
> Can anyone tell me (preferably with sample code, if possible), what is the fastest way to import a .txt file into a predefined table in access via Visual Basic 6.
>  
> My .txt file contains roughly 365,876 records with two fields  Barcode, Price.  This has to be imported into an Access table also containing two fields Barcode (text), Price (Number, Double, Fixed, 2 decimal places).  
>  
> The .txt file is comma delimited.  Im using Access XP and Visual Basic 6.0 as the front-end.
>  
> Thanks in advance for any help as, this project needs to be ready for Monday morning
>  
> Paul Hartland
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Seth Galitzer			sgsax at ksu.edu
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Dept. of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University



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