[AccessD] MoveFirst needed in DAO?

In DAO, the newly opened recordset is positioned at BOF but not necessarily
on a record, IIRC.

Charlotte

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Having opened a DAO recordset:
>
>     Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset(strSQL)
>
> often the first code line following is:
>
>     rst.MoveFirst
>
> or, if the recordset can be empty:
>
>     If rst.RecordCount > 0 Then
>       rst.MoveFirst
>     EndIf
>
> But is that really necessary? At which record could the recordset possibly
> be positioned if not at the first?
>
> Even a snapshot or an ODBC linked recordset will not - as far as I know -
> move anywhere until you tell it to do so.
>
> For ADO recordsets it is different as the recordcount can be -1 until you,
> for example, have done a MoveLast.
>
> /gustav
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