vbams-accessms-access-2010

Exporting a query result into a text file using vba-MS Access

I have a Table in MS Access 2010 and I want to export the result of a query into a text file( the user specified a path and this Textfile should be saved in this Path)

Here is my Query:

SELECT Name FROM MyTable

and I want to have each name in a seprate row in a text file. How can I do that in VBA?

Solution

  • In this particular case the most straightforward approach would be something like this:

    Sub ExportToText()
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Open "C:\__tmp\names.txt" For Output As #1
Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT [Name] FROM MyTable", dbOpenSnapshot)
Do While Not rst.EOF
    Print #1, rst!Name
    rst.MoveNext
Loop
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
Close #1
End Sub