Adding records to the table programatically - sql

Question

i am trying to append some records from a certain table to a new table ,
when i try it i am unable to append to the values
to the new table i.e "Table1" in this case what might be the reason for the data not getting appended to the table?

Answer 1

From what I can tell from your code you are just appending records from one table in your database into another table in the same database. You don't need to use a Recordset object to accomplish this; an INSERT INTO query will accomplish what you want.
Dim strSQL as String
Dim db as DAO.Database
Set db = CurrentDb
strSQL = "INSERT INTO Table1 ( UPI, COMPANY ) " & _
"SELECT INPUT_TBL.ID, INPUT_TBL.COMPANY FROM INPUT_TBL"
db.Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError
Set db = Nothing
Note that I used CurrentDb for the db object, under the assumption that the current database is the same one at C:\Users\test.accdb. If that's not the case, then you will need to do one of two things:
If you can add both of these tables as linked tables to the database you are running this code in, you can just use the same code as above. Instructions on how to add tables from an external database to your current database are available here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/import-or-link-to-data-in-another-access-database-HA001227658.aspx#BM3 and many other places on the internet.
If you can't add linked tables to your database for some reason, you can add IN clauses to the previous SQL string, which would become:
Dim strSQL as String
Dim db as DAO.Database
Dim dbname as String
Set db = CurrentDb
dbname = "C:\Users\test.accdb"
strSQL = "INSERT INTO Table1 ( UPI, COMPANY ) IN """ & dbname & """ " & _
"SELECT INPUT_TBL.ID, INPUT_TBL.COMPANY FROM INPUT_TBL IN """ & dbname & """"
db.Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError
Set db = Nothing
This code would allow you select the data from Table1 in the external database and add it to INPUT_TBL in the same external database.