insert full ADO Recordset into existing ACCESS table WITHOUT LOOP
Here's a basic example (run from excel in this case) which illustrates using a disconnected recordset to add records.
Sub Tester() Dim con As ADODB.Connection, rs As ADODB.Recordset Dim i As Long Set con = getConn() Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset rs.CursorLocation = adUseClient '<<<< important! 'get an empty recordset to add new records to rs.Open "select * from Table1 where false", con, _ adOpenDynamic, adLockBatchOptimistic 'disconnect the recordset and close the connection Set rs.ActiveConnection = Nothing con.Close Set con = Nothing 'add some new records to our test recordset For i = 1 To 100 rs.AddNew rs("UserName") = "Newuser_" & i Next i 'reconnect to update Set con = getConn() Set rs.ActiveConnection = con rs.UpdateBatch '<<< transfer to DB happens here: no loop! rs.Close 'requery to demonstrate insert was successful rs.Open "select * from Table1", con, _ adOpenDynamic, adLockBatchOptimistic Do While Not rs.EOF Debug.Print rs("ID").Value, rs("UserName").Value rs.MoveNext Loop rs.Close con.CloseEnd SubFunction getConn() As ADODB.Connection Dim rv As New ADODB.Connection Dim strConn As String strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" _ & "Data Source = " & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Test.accdb" rv.Open strConn Set getConn = rvEnd Function
VBA Recordsets exist virtually in memory called during runtime until they are contained into an actual physical format (i.e., csv, txt, xlsx, xml, database temp table) saved to hard disk. This is akin to data frames in R or Python pandas, SAS datasets, PHP arrays, and other data structures.
Consider exporting your ADO in such a format using CopyFromRecordset methods into an Excel spreadsheet to be saved as csv, txt, xlsx, or xml. Alternatively, you can use the Save method to save recordset in a persistent format type like xml.
Then, append resultant file to MS Access table with its automated data migration features:
- For spreadsheets:
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet
- For txt, csv, or other delimited files:
DoCmd.TransferText
- For xml files:
Application.ImportXML
- For local or ODBC/OLEDB linked database tables:
INSERT INTO
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