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Paste or Insert Recordset into MS Word Table

I would like to be able to paste or insert data from an adodb recordset into an MS Word (2003). I have a Word template that contains several tables that I populate one row at a time from a recordset. The tables start out with two rows, a header row, and a blank row. The first blank row is populated, field by field, then a new row is inserted as needed. This works at an acceptable speed unless the recordset contains several thousand records.
For recordsets that I don't want to modify, is there a way to insert the entire recordset (excluding the header) into a table, starting at row 2? Can it add additional rows automatically?

irudyk

Looking at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261999 you could use a similar code. For example:

Sub YourRoutine()
 
'code to get ADO recordset (rs Object)
 
Dim strTemp As String
sTemp = rs.GetString(2, -1, Chr(9))
 
'code to go to the end of the table heading row  
Selection.EndKey wdStory
 
'Insert the data into the Word document
Selection.Text = sTemp
 
'Convert the text to a table and format the table
Selection.ConvertToTable Chr(9)
 
'Remainder of you code here
 
End Sub

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ddelauter

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Thanks. I will massage this and see if it works.

ddelauter

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irudyk,
I've tried this a few ways. The best result so far (using code below) gives me a table, attached to the existing table header row, but the format is not inherited by the new rows (see attached sample.gif). I could add some code to reformat, but I would like to avoid that since I have several different tables wih different layouts.
Using Selection.Endkey creates a table within a table (see sample2.gif). Also, I removed wdStory from Selection.EndKey. That placed the cursor at the bottom of the entire document.
I've also tried adding a row, selecting row before paste, etc, but no joy.
I have also performed the code below, then cut the data from the new table, deleted all of the rows, inserted a new row below the existing table, then pasted the data. This did work, but I am not sure all of that would speed up the process (and it seems like a messy method).
Thanks. DD

Set dtable = ActiveDocument.Tables(10)
Dim sTemp As String
sTemp = adorst.GetString(2, -1, Chr(9))
'code to go to the end of the table heading row
dtable.Select
Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1 'THIS WORKS THE CLOSEST
'Selection.EndKey
'Insert the data into the Word document
Selection.Text = sTemp
 
'Convert the text to a table and format the table
Selection.ConvertToTable Chr(9)
 
'Remainder of you code here

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