access updating recordsets is sooo slow

Hi
I am trying to link data from three different sources into one single database and all was going well but all of a sudden I have hit a brick wall. The current updates I am running to merge the latest set of data just seem to be running so slow.  I could really do with some advice on how to optimise this section of code as we have 11,700 records to update and it is painful.  Like I said I am not an expert - just starting out with access so am sure I could be doing things better.

thanks
Sharon
Sub applydescriptionstoproducts()


Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection

cnn.ConnectionString = strcnn
cnn.Open CurrentProject.Connection


Dim strprodcode As String
Dim strDescription As String
Dim strSummary As String
Dim strName As String
Dim prodrs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim deeprodrs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim proddesrs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim productid As Integer

Set prodrs = New ADODB.Recordset
prodrs.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
prodrs.Source = "vgm_products"
prodrs.CursorType = adOpenDynamic
prodrs.LockType = adLockOptimistic

Set deeprodrs = New ADODB.Recordset
deeprodrs.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
deeprodrs.Source = "products"
deeprodrs.CursorType = adOpenDynamic
deeprodrs.LockType = adLockOptimistic

Set proddesrs = New ADODB.Recordset
proddesrs.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
proddesrs.Source = "vgm_product_desc"
proddesrs.CursorType = adOpenDynamic
proddesrs.LockType = adLockOptimistic


prodrs.Open "SELECT vgm_products.[code],vgm_products.[product_id] FROM vgm_products "
Do Until prodrs.EOF
    strDescription = " "
    strSummary = " "
    strName = " "
    
    
    strprodcode = prodrs!code
    productid = prodrs!product_id
    Debug.Print productid

    
    deeprodrs.Open "SELECT products.[short_desc],products.[name],products.[description] FROM products WHERE (((products.[ProductStyle])= " & Chr(34) & strprodcode & Chr(34) & "));"
    
    Do Until deeprodrs.EOF
            Rem there are blanks in this column so we need to ignore this error
            Rem that is caused by assigning null to a string
            On Error GoTo emptystringerror:
            strDescription = deeprodrs!Description
            strSummary = deeprodrs![short_desc]
            strName = deeprodrs![Name]
            deeprodrs.MoveNext
    Loop
        
      
    deeprodrs.Close
    
       
       
       
   proddesrs.Open "SELECT * FROM vgm_product_desc WHERE (((vgm_product_desc.[product_id])= " & productid & "));"
   Rem if we found it save the id
   Do Until proddesrs.EOF
       proddesrs![Description] = strDescription
       proddesrs![summary] = strSummary
       proddesrs![Name] = strName
       proddesrs.MoveNext
   Loop

   proddesrs.Close
   

    prodrs.MoveNext
Loop

Rem all done close recordsets
prodrs.Close


Set prodrs = Nothing
Set deeprodrs = Nothing
Set proddesrs = Nothing

Rem close the database connection
cnn.Close
Set cnn = Nothing
Exit Sub


emptystringerror:
    Resume Next
Exit Sub


End Sub

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sensburyAsked:
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YohanFCommented:
There are a couple of ways to do this

1 - simple update query

do a query with 3 joins, a) vgm_products, b) vgm_product description and c) products and join them using their common fields.. and then add update statements to update appropriate items (use ms access query builder and you will be done with this within no time)

2 - the vba method

a) open up a record set, combining both vgm_products and products  (rather than opening 2 record sets)

prodrs.Open "SELECT vgm_products. 
,vgm_products.[product_id], products.[short_desc],products.[name],products.[description] FROM vgm_products INNER JOIN products ON products.[ProductStyle] = vgm_products.[code]"

please check the query syntax, there may be small errors in syntax

b) then for each iteration, open the vgm_description table/appropriate record and update it

and if you want to update you have to use following code (see the edit and update lines of code).. This way you will only open up 1 record and no need to iterate - which is waste of a line of code (unless it appears more than once)
[code]
  proddesrs.Open "select * from vgm_description where xxx =" & xxxx

if proddeers.eof <> true then
       proddeers.edit

       proddesrs![Description] = strDescription
       proddesrs![summary] = strSummary
       proddesrs![Name] = strName

       proddeers.update
endif
   proddesrs.Close

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Hope this help... buzzz if you need more info...
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YohanFCommented:
Hi

It is slightly confusing, could you please right down the steps you want to do.

1 - open main products
2 - match in to the new file using xxx parameters
3 - Update part...

I have no clue what you are updating and why... so bit more detail on code would help you and me both realise whats going wrong..

cheers
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sensburyAuthor Commented:
hi thanks for the swift response

Basically I have three tables vgm_products, products and vgm_product_descriptions.

products is a table that has been imported from excel it has in it information about the products such as its name long description and short description.  I want to extract information about producs from this table and place it in vgm_product_descriptions.  

So I am going through vgm_products and for each product in that table I am extracting that products id (a numerical value) and its product code which is a string.

then I am going through products and searching for the record containing that product code. In the products table the product code stored in the productstyle field.  Once I have found the record, I want to extract the contents of the description, name and short_description field.

Once I have this data I  want to go to vgm_product_description and find the record that has the id that i got from vgm_products and update that with the newly found description, name and summary.

When I have completed this task I will be getting rid of the table products it is purely being used at the moment to populate vgm_product_description. But  records in vgm_product description are identified by a product id and in products they are identified by product style hence I am using  vgm_products to identify the records in the other two tables.

I hope that makes sense.
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Jeffrey CoachmanMIS LiasonCommented:
Can you define "sooo slow", in chronological terms please?

Depending on what is happening, perhaps this will never really be "Fast" in your terms...

JeffCoachman
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YohanFCommented:
The answer should be more like this....

There are a couple of ways to do this

1 - simple update query

do a query with 3 joins, a) vgm_products, b) vgm_product description and c) products and join them using their common fields.. and then add update statements to update appropriate items (use ms access query builder and you will be done with this within no time)

2 - the vba method

a) open up a record set, combining both vgm_products and products  (rather than opening 2 record sets)
prodrs.Open "SELECT vgm_products.[code],vgm_products.[product_id], products.[short_desc],products.[name],products.[description] FROM vgm_products INNER JOIN products ON products.[ProductStyle] = vgm_products.[code]"

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please check the query syntax, there may be small errors in syntax

b) then for each iteration, open the vgm_description table/appropriate record and update it

and if you want to update you have to use following code (see the edit and update lines of code).. This way you will only open up 1 record and no need to iterate - which is waste of a line of code (unless it appears more than once)
  proddesrs.Open "select * from vgm_description where xxx =" & xxxx

if proddeers.eof <> true then
       proddeers.edit

       proddesrs![Description] = strDescription
       proddesrs![summary] = strSummary
       proddesrs![Name] = strName

       proddeers.update
endif
   proddesrs.Close

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Hope this help... buzzz if you need more info...
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sensburyAuthor Commented:
Thanks Yohan this really helped to speed up my task. I had some errors in my code anyway but once I fixed those and added your additional optimisation the sub updates 11,700 records in a matter of minutes.instead of never finishing - I am very happy :)
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YohanFCommented:
Glad to hear... :)
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