An XML data island is a piece of well-formed XML embedded into an HTML file. This article will show you how to retrieve data in an XML format from a database using ADO; you will also learn how to bind this data into an HTML document.
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Using the save() method of ADO, you could save the recordset to a file as shown in the next paragraph. The recordset is created by accessing an MDB file on the hard drive. Not all the columns in the 'Employees' table in the Northwind database will be saved as an XML file. The variable fileName points to the location on the hard drive where the XML file will be saved.
Create UI to test code
On a form in your MS Access application add a button, and to the click event of this button add the following code. The statement
rs.save fileName, adPersistXML >
can also be saved as
rs.save fileName2, adPersistADTG
where fileName2 will have an .adtg extension. This is yet another proprietary format called the Advanced Data TableGram format. We will only look at the persisted XML formatted file.
Private Sub Command0_Click()
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
fileName = "C:NwindEmployees.xml"
rs.Open "Select * from Employees where LastName='Peacock'", _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=C:Documents and SettingsJayMy DocumentsRetrieve.mdb;" & _
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