Delete Method Example (VC++)

This example uses the Delete method to remove a specified record from a Recordset.

// BeginDeleteCpp
#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ADO\msado15.dll" \
    no_namespace rename("EOF", "EndOfFile")

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ole2.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include "DeleteX.h"

//Function Declarations.
inline void TESTHR(HRESULT x) {if FAILED(x) _com_issue_error(x);};
void DeleteX(void);
void PrintProviderError(_ConnectionPtr pConnection);
void PrintComError(_com_error &e);
inline char* mygets(char* strDest, int n) 
{    
    char strExBuff[10];
    char* pstrRet = fgets(strDest, n, stdin);

    if (pstrRet == NULL)
        return NULL;

    if (!strrchr(strDest, '\n'))
        // Exhaust the input buffer.
        do
        {
            fgets(strExBuff, sizeof(strExBuff), stdin);
        }while (!strrchr(strExBuff, '\n'));
    else
        // Replace '\n' with '\0'
        strDest[strrchr(strDest, '\n') - strDest] = '\0';

    return pstrRet;
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                       //
//      Main Function                                    //
//                                                       //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void main()
{
    if(FAILED(::CoInitialize(NULL)))
        return;

    DeleteX();

    // Wait here for the user to see the output
    printf("\n\nPress any key to continue...");
    getch();

    ::CoUninitialize();
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                       //
//      DeleteX Function                                 //
//                                                       //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void DeleteX(void)
{

    // Define ADO object pointers.
    // Initialize pointers on define.
    // These are in the ADODB::  namespace.
    _RecordsetPtr  pRstRoySched = NULL;

    // Define Other Variables
    IADORecordBinding   *picRs = NULL;  //Interface Pointer declared.
    CRoySchedRs    royschrs;            //C++ class object
    HRESULT hr = S_OK;

    char  strTitleID[10], strTmpTitleID[10]="";
    long  longHiRange;
    int   intRoyalty, intLoRange, cnt=0;
    bool  blnFound = TRUE;

    _bstr_t strCnn("Provider='sqloledb';Data Source='MySqlServer';"
            "Initial Catalog='pubs';Integrated Security='SSPI';");

    try
    {
        // Open RoySched table
        TESTHR(pRstRoySched.CreateInstance(__uuidof(Recordset)));

        pRstRoySched->CursorLocation = adUseClient;
        pRstRoySched->CursorType = adOpenStatic;
        pRstRoySched->LockType  = adLockBatchOptimistic;
 
        TESTHR(pRstRoySched->Open("SELECT * FROM roysched WHERE"
            " royalty = 20",strCnn,adOpenStatic,adLockBatchOptimistic,
            adCmdText));

        // Prompt for a record to delete.
        printf("Before delete there are %d titles with 20 percent "
            "royalty :\n", pRstRoySched->RecordCount);

        // Open an IADORecordBinding interface pointer which we'll use 
        // for Binding Recordset to a class.
        TESTHR(pRstRoySched->QueryInterface(
            __uuidof(IADORecordBinding),(LPVOID*)&picRs));

        // Bind the Recordset to a C++ Class here    
        TESTHR(picRs->BindToRecordset(&royschrs));

        while(!(pRstRoySched->EndOfFile))
        {
            printf("%s\n", royschrs.lemp_titleidStatus == adFldOK ? 
                royschrs.m_sz_titleid : "<NULL>");
            pRstRoySched->MoveNext();
        }

        printf("\nEnter the ID of a record to delete: ");
        mygets(strTitleID, 10);

        // Converting the title_id to upper case
        for( cnt=0; cnt<10; cnt++)
        {
            if(strTitleID[cnt] != NULL)
            {
                if( IsCharAlpha( strTitleID[cnt]) )
                {
                    if( islower( strTitleID[cnt]) )
                        strTmpTitleID[cnt] = _toupper(strTitleID[cnt]);
                    else
                        strTmpTitleID[cnt] = strTitleID[cnt];
                }
                else
                {
                    strTmpTitleID[cnt] = strTitleID[cnt];
                }
            }
        }

        // Move to the record and save data so it can be restored.
        pRstRoySched->PutFilter ("title_id = '" + 
            (_bstr_t)(LPCSTR)strTmpTitleID + "'");

        if(pRstRoySched->RecordCount != 0)
        {
            intLoRange = royschrs.m_sz_lorange;
            longHiRange = royschrs.m_sz_hirange;
            intRoyalty = royschrs.m_sz_royalty;

            // Delete the record
            pRstRoySched->Delete(adAffectCurrent);
            pRstRoySched->UpdateBatch(adAffectCurrent);
        }
        else
        {
            blnFound = FALSE;
            printf("This Title ID not available");
        }

        // Show the results.
        VARIANT varFilter;
        varFilter.vt = VT_I2;
        varFilter.iVal = adFilterNone;
        pRstRoySched->PutFilter (varFilter);
        pRstRoySched->Requery(-1);

        // Bind the Recordset to a C++ Class here.
        TESTHR(picRs->BindToRecordset(&royschrs));

        printf("\nAfter delete there are %d titles with 20 percent"
            " royalty: ", pRstRoySched->RecordCount);

        while(!(pRstRoySched->EndOfFile))
        {
            printf("\n%s", royschrs.lemp_titleidStatus == adFldOK ?
                royschrs.m_sz_titleid : "<NULL>");
            pRstRoySched->MoveNext();
        }

        // Restore the data because this is a demonstration.
        if(blnFound)
        {
            // Set the final character of the destination string to NULL.
            royschrs.m_sz_titleid[sizeof(royschrs.m_sz_titleid)-1] = '\0';
            // The source string will get truncated if its length is 
            // longer than the length of the destination string minus one.
            strncpy(royschrs.m_sz_titleid,strTmpTitleID,sizeof(royschrs.m_sz_titleid)-1);
            royschrs.m_sz_lorange = intLoRange;
            royschrs.m_sz_hirange = longHiRange;
            royschrs.m_sz_royalty = intRoyalty;

            TESTHR(picRs->AddNew(&royschrs));

            pRstRoySched->UpdateBatch(adAffectCurrent);
        }
    }
    catch(_com_error &e)
    {
       // Notify the user of errors if any.
       // Pass a connection pointer accessed from the Recordset.
        _variant_t vtConnect = pRstRoySched->GetActiveConnection();

        // GetActiveConnection returns connect string if connection
        // is not open, else returns Connection object.
        switch(vtConnect.vt)
        {
            case VT_BSTR:
                PrintComError(e);
                break;
            case VT_DISPATCH:
                PrintProviderError(vtConnect);
                break;
            default:
                printf("Errors occured.");
                break;
        }
    }

    // Clean up objects before exit.
    //Release the IADORecordset Interface here   
    if (picRs)
        picRs->Release();
        
    if (pRstRoySched)
        if (pRstRoySched->State == adStateOpen)
            pRstRoySched->Close();
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                       //
//      PrintProviderError Function                      //
//                                                       //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void PrintProviderError(_ConnectionPtr pConnection)
{
    // Print Provider Errors from Connection object.
    // pErr is a record object in the Connection's Error collection.
    ErrorPtr  pErr = NULL;

    if( (pConnection->Errors->Count) > 0)
    {
        long nCount = pConnection->Errors->Count;
        // Collection ranges from 0 to nCount -1.
        for(long i = 0; i < nCount; i++)
        {
            pErr = pConnection->Errors->GetItem(i);
            printf("Error number: %x\t%s\n", pErr->Number,
                (LPCSTR) pErr->Description);
        }
    }
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                       //
//      PrintComError Function                           //
//                                                       //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void PrintComError(_com_error &e)
{
   _bstr_t bstrSource(e.Source());
   _bstr_t bstrDescription(e.Description());
    
    // Print Com errors.  
   printf("Error\n");
   printf("\tCode = %08lx\n", e.Error());
   printf("\tCode meaning = %s\n", e.ErrorMessage());
   printf("\tSource = %s\n", (LPCSTR) bstrSource);
   printf("\tDescription = %s\n", (LPCSTR) bstrDescription);  
}
// EndDeleteCpp

DeleteX.h

// BeginDeleteH
#include "icrsint.h"

// This Class extracts titleid, lorange, hirange and royalty
// from the "roysched" table.

class CRoySchedRs : public CADORecordBinding
{
BEGIN_ADO_BINDING(CRoySchedRs)

    //Column empid is the 1st field in the recordset   

    ADO_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ENTRY2(1, adVarChar, m_sz_titleid, 
         sizeof(m_sz_titleid), lemp_titleidStatus, TRUE)

    ADO_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ENTRY2(2, adInteger, m_sz_lorange, 
         sizeof(m_sz_lorange), lemp_lorangeStatus, TRUE)

    ADO_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ENTRY2(3, adInteger, m_sz_hirange, 
         sizeof(m_sz_hirange), lemp_hirangeStatus, TRUE)

    ADO_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ENTRY2(4, adInteger, m_sz_royalty, 
         sizeof(m_sz_royalty), lemp_royaltyStatus, TRUE)

END_ADO_BINDING()

public:

    CHAR     m_sz_titleid[10];
    ULONG    lemp_titleidStatus;
    ULONG    m_sz_lorange;
    ULONG    lemp_lorangeStatus;
    ULONG    m_sz_hirange;
    ULONG    lemp_hirangeStatus;
    ULONG    m_sz_royalty;
    ULONG    lemp_royaltyStatus;
};
// EndDeleteH

See Also

Delete Method (ADO Recordset) | Recordset Object