conecting with a MsAcces DB by dao

[Iain King]

luis wrote:
> Hi
> I'm using activestate python 2.4 on win xp 2 ed. and Ms Access 2002
> (reading first http://starship.python.net/crew/bwilk/access.html)
> I have writed the following code
>
> def append_from_Access(self):
>    try:
>       import ...
>       conn = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Connection')
>       DSN = "PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA
> SOURCE=C:/Afile.mdb;"
>       conn.Open(DSN)
>    except Exception, inst:
>        ...
>    try:
>       sql_statement='SELECT * FROM  Mytable'
>       rs = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Recordset')
>       rs.Open(sql_statement, conn, 1, 3)
>       while not rs.EOF:
>          id=rs.Fields(colName.Value) #colName, valid column name
>          ...
>       rs.MoveNext()
>       rs.Close()
>       conn.Close()
>
>      except Exception, inst:
>          ...
>
> I'm using it for reading tables or queries in a mdb file.
> With some mdb it works fine and return a no empty recordset, but with
> others mdb files, the recordsets are void (opening the tables or
> recorsets with Ms Access are not void).
> Some help is welcome,
> Thanks in advance
> Luis

I don't know if it's the problem your asking about, but your
rs.MoveNext() should be inside the while loop, no?

Iain