Public Sub OpenX()

   Dim cnn1 As ADODB.Connection
   Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
   Dim strCnn As String
   Dim varDate As Variant

   ' Open connection.
      strCnn = "Provider=sqloledb;" & _
      "Data Source=srv;Initial Catalog=pubs;User Id=sa;Password=; "
   Set cnn1 = New ADODB.Connection
   cnn1.Open strCnn
   
   ' Open employee table.
   Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
   rstEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
   rstEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
   rstEmployees.Open "employee", cnn1, , , adCmdTable

   ' Assign the first employee record's hire date
   ' to a variable, then change the hire date.
   varDate = rstEmployees!hire_date
   Debug.Print "Original data"
   Debug.Print "  Name - Hire Date"
   Debug.Print "  " & rstEmployees!fName & " " & _
      rstEmployees!lName & " - " & rstEmployees!hire_date
   rstEmployees!hire_date = # 1 / 1 / 1900 #
   rstEmployees.Update
   Debug.Print "Changed data"
   Debug.Print "  Name - Hire Date"
   Debug.Print "  " & rstEmployees!fName & " " & _
      rstEmployees!lName & " - " & rstEmployees!hire_date

   ' Requery Recordset and reset the hire date.
   rstEmployees.Requery
   rstEmployees!hire_date = varDate
   rstEmployees.Update
   Debug.Print "Data after reset"
   Debug.Print "  Name - Hire Date"
   Debug.Print "  " & rstEmployees!fName & " " & _
      rstEmployees!lName & " - " & rstEmployees!hire_date

   rstEmployees.Close
   cnn1.Close

End Sub