ADO Properties

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

ADO Properties

ADO Property Summary

Property Description
AbsolutePage Indicates on which page the current record resides.
AbsolutePosition Indicates the ordinal position of a Recordset object's current record.
ActiveCommand Indicates the Command object that created the associated Recordset object.
ActiveConnection Indicates to which Connection object the specified Command, Recordset, or Record object currently belongs.
ActualSize Indicates the actual length of a field's value.
Attributes Indicates one or more characteristics of an object.
BOF and EOF BOF — indicates that the current record position is before the first record in a Recordset object.
EOF — indicates that the current record position is after the last record in a Recordset object.
Bookmark Indicates a bookmark that uniquely identifies the current record in a Recordset object or sets the current record in a Recordset object to the record identified by a valid bookmark.
CacheSize Indicates the number of records from a Recordset object that are cached locally in memory.
CharSet Indicates the character set into which the contents of a text Stream should be translated.
CommandText Indicates the text of a command to be issued against a provider.
CommandTimeout Indicates how long to wait while executing a command before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
CommandType Indicates the type of a Command object.
Connect (RDS) Indicates the database name from which the query and update operations are run.
ConnectionString Property Indicates the information used to establish a connection to a data source.
ConnectionTimeout Indicates how long to wait while establishing a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
Count Indicates the number of objects in a collection.
CursorLocation Indicates the location of the cursor service.
CursorType Indicates the type of cursor used in a Recordset object.
DataMember Indicates the name of the data member that will be retrieved from the object referenced by the DataSource property.
DataSource Indicates an object that contains data to be represented as a Recordset object.
DefaultDatabase Indicates the default database for a Connection object.
DefinedSize Indicates the data capacity of a Field object.
Description Describes an Error object.
Direction Indicates whether the Parameter represents an input parameter, an output parameter, or both, or if the parameter is the return value from a stored procedure.
EditMode Indicates the editing status of the current record.
EOS Indicates whether the current position is at the end of the stream.
ExecuteOptions (RDS) Indicates whether asynchronous execution is enabled.
FetchOptions (RDS) Indicates the type of asynchronous fetching.
Filter Indicates a filter for data in a Recordset.
FilterColumn (RDS) Indicates the column on which to evaluate the filter criteria.
FilterCriterion (RDS) Indicates the evaluation operator to use in the filter value.
FilterValue (RDS) Indicates the value to filter records.
Handler (RDS) Indicates the name of a server-side customization program (handler) that extends the functionality of the RDSServer.DataFactory, and any parameters used by the handler.
HelpContext and HelpFile Indicates the help file and topic associated with an Error object.

HelpContextID — returns a context ID, as a Long value, for a topic in a Help file.
HelpFile — returns a String value that evaluates to a fully resolved path to a Help file.

Index Indicates the name of the index currently in effect for a Recordset object.
InternetTimeout (RDS) Indicates the number of milliseconds to wait before a request times out.
IsolationLevel Indicates the level of isolation for a Connection object.
Item Indicates a specific member of a collection, by name or ordinal number.
LineSeparator Indicates the binary character to be used as the line separator in text Stream objects.
LockType Indicates the type of locks placed on records during editing.
MarshalOptions Indicates which records are to be marshaled back to the server.
MaxRecords Indicates the maximum number of records to return to a Recordset from a query.
Mode Indicates the available permissions for modifying data in a Connection, Record, or Stream object.
Name Indicates the name of an object.
NativeError Indicates the provider-specific error code for a given Error object.
Number Indicates the number that uniquely identifies an Error object.
NumericScale Indicates the scale of numeric values in a Parameter or Field object.
OriginalValue Indicates the value of a Field that existed in the record before any changes were made.
PageCount Indicates how many pages of data the Recordset object contains.
PageSize Indicates how many records constitute one page in the Recordset.
ParentURL Indicates an absolute URL string that points to the parent Record of the current Record object.
Position Indicates the current position within a Stream object.
Precision Indicates the degree of precision for numeric values in a Parameter object or for numeric Field objects.
Prepared Indicates whether to save a compiled version of a command before execution.
Provider Indicates the name of the provider for a Connection object.
ReadyState (RDS) Indicates the progress of a DataControl object as it fetches data into its Recordset object.
RecordCount Indicates the number of records in a Recordset object.
Recordset and SourceRecordset (RDS) Indicates the Recordset object returned from a custom business object.
RecordType Indicates the type of Record object.
Server (RDS) Indicates the Internet Information Services (IIS) name and communication protocol.
Size Indicates the maximum size, in bytes or characters, of a Parameter object.
Size (ADO Stream) Indicates the total size of the stream in number of bytes.
Sort Indicates one or more field names on which the Recordset is sorted, and whether each field is sorted in ascending or descending order.
SortColumn (RDS) Indicates by which column to sort the records.
SortDirection (RDS) Indicates whether a sort order is ascending or descending.
Source (ADO Error) Indicates the name of the object or application that originally generated an error.
Source (ADO Record) Indicates the entity represented by the Record object.
Source (ADO Recordset) Indicates the source for the data in a Recordset object
SQL (RDS) Indicates the query string used to retrieve the Recordset.
SQLState Indicates the SQL state for a given Error object.
State Indicates for all applicable objects whether the state of the object is open or closed.
Indicates for all applicable objects executing an asynchronous method, whether the current state of the object is connecting, executing, or retrieving
Status (ADO Field) Indicates the status of a Field object.
Status (ADO Recordset) Indicates the status of the current record with respect to batch updates or other bulk operations.
StayInSync Indicates, in a hierarchical Recordset object, whether the reference to the underlying child records (that is, the chapter) changes when the parent row position changes.
Type Indicates the operational type or data type of a Parameter, Field, or Property object.
Type (ADO Stream) Indicates the type of data contained in the Stream (binary or text).
UnderlyingValue Indicates a Field object's current value in the database.
URL (RDS) Indicates a string that contains a relative or absolute URL.
Value Indicates the value assigned to a Field, Parameter, or Property object.
Version Indicates the ADO version number.