SortOrder Property Example (VB)

This example demonstrates the SortOrder property of a Column that has been appended to the Columns collection of an Index. The code appends an ascending index to the Country column in the Employees table, then displays the records. Then the code appends a descending index to the Country column in the Employees table and displays the records again. The difference between ascending and descending indexes is shown.

' BeginSortOrderVB
Sub SortOrderX()

    Dim cnn As New ADODB.Connection
    Dim catNorthwind As New ADOX.Catalog
    Dim idxAscending As New ADOX.Index
    Dim idxDescending As New ADOX.Index
    Dim rstEmployees As New ADODB.Recordset
        
    ' Connect the catalog.
    cnn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
        "data source=c:\Program Files\" & _
        "Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb;"
    Set catNorthwind.ActiveConnection = cnn

    ' Append Country column to new index
    idxAscending.Columns.Append "Country"
    idxAscending.Columns("Country").SortOrder = adSortAscending
    idxAscending.Name = "Ascending"
    
    'Append new index to Employees table
    catNorthwind.Tables("Employees").Indexes.Append idxAscending
    
    rstEmployees.Index = idxAscending.Name
    rstEmployees.Open "Employees", cnn, adOpenKeyset, _
        adLockOptimistic, adCmdTableDirect
        
    With rstEmployees
        .MoveFirst
        Debug.Print "Index = " & .Index
        Debug.Print "  Country - Name"

        ' Enumerate the Recordset. The value of the
        ' IndexNulls property will determine if the newly
        ' added record appears in the output.
        Do While Not .EOF
            Debug.Print "    " & !Country & " - " & _
                !FirstName & " " & !LastName
            .MoveNext
        Loop

        .Close
    End With

    ' Append Country column to new index
    idxDescending.Columns.Append "Country"
    idxDescending.Columns("Country").SortOrder = adSortDescending
    idxDescending.Name = "Descending"
    
    'Append descending index to Employees table
    catNorthwind.Tables("Employees").Indexes.Append idxDescending
    
    rstEmployees.Index = idxDescending.Name
    rstEmployees.Open "Employees", cnn, adOpenKeyset, _
        adLockOptimistic, adCmdTableDirect
        
'    DisplaySortedRecords (rstEmployees)
        
     With rstEmployees
        .MoveFirst
        Debug.Print "Index = " & .Index
        Debug.Print "  Country - Name"

        ' Enumerate the Recordset. The value of the
        ' IndexNulls property will determine if the newly
        ' added record appears in the output.
        Do While Not .EOF
            Debug.Print "    " & !Country & " - " & _
                !FirstName & " " & !LastName
            .MoveNext
        Loop

        .Close
    End With
       
        
    ' Delete new Indexes because this is a demonstration.
    catNorthwind.Tables("Employees").Indexes.Delete idxAscending.Name
    catNorthwind.Tables("Employees").Indexes.Delete idxDescending.Name
    Set catNorthwind = Nothing

End Sub
' EndSortOrderVB

SortOrder Property Example (VB)

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