Function/Routine to determine the directory of a linked database

Mike I.

I have a database that contains linked tables from a second database.
I want to programmaticall y determine the directory the second database
resides in based on what is entered into the Linked Tables screen.
Does anybody know a function or routine that can do this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Nov 13 '05 #1

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Allen Browne

Parse it from the Connect property of the TableDef, e.g.:
? CurrentDb().Tab leDefs("MyLinke dTable").Connec t

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I have a database that contains linked tables from a second database.
I want to programmaticall y determine the directory the second database
resides in based on what is entered into the Linked Tables screen.
Does anybody know a function or routine that can do this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Nov 13 '05 #2

Mike Ihrke

I will give that a try. Thank you! As you can tell I am a newbie!
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Nov 13 '05 #3

Mike Ihrke

I tried using the following code and it returns nothing.
Am I missing something? I know if I did a Currentdb.Name I get the
directory of the current database, but "Customer" is in a linked DB and
that's the directory path I need.

CurrentDb.Table Defs("Customer" ).Connect

Thanks for the assistance!!!
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Nov 13 '05 #4

Salad

Mike Ihrke wrote:

I tried using the following code and it returns nothing.
Am I missing something? I know if I did a Currentdb.Name I get the
directory of the current database, but "Customer" is in a linked DB and
that's the directory path I need.

CurrentDb.Table Defs("Customer" ).Connect

Thanks for the assistance!!!

Is "Customer" a linked table in your app?

If Customer is linked, you could enter
msgbox CurrentDb.Table Defs("Customer" ).Connect
or
Dim strConnect As String
strConnect = CurrentDb.Table Defs("Customer" ).Connect
msgbox strConnect

This will return the connection string which will contain the name of
the database.

Nov 13 '05 #5

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