AEU Meeting Date 4 Mar 2026 starting at 18:00 UK Time (UTC)	Last Updated 16 Mar 2026

Meeting Details:

This Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing at about 19:30 (7.30PM).

The start time is equivalent to 19:00 (7PM) in Central Europe and 10AM in Seattle / PST

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Topic outline:

In this presentation, Chris Arnold will demonstrate the uses of ADO recordsets in Access. The session wilļ include:

•   What ADO recordsets are and where they fit in Access.

•   Comparison with:
      •   Arrays
      •   Collections
      •   Dictionaries
      •   DAO Recordsets and temp tables

•   Advantages and limitations of each approach

•   Practical demonstrations:
      •   Connnected ADO Recordsets
      •   Disconnected (in-memory) ADO Recordsets



Background:


Chris Arnold (AKA CJ_London on various forums) is a fellow of the Chartered Instituate of Management Accountants (CIMA). He started out crunching numbers as the Financial Director of a number of companies, but couldn’t resist the call of computers.

Chris started programming on an Apple IIe with a whopping 8k of memory. He was a pioneer, networking Apple IIe’s in the UK and sharing the ride with business groups (thanks, Apple!).

After many years in finance, Chris built a business, discovered Access 97, and never looked back. As a consultant, Chris specialized in fixing corporate system conflicts, primarily using Access, and saving clients a cool £½ billion along the way.



Download:

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    •   a PDF of the presentation:   ADO Recordsets     Approx 0.2 MB (PDF)

    •   Example databases (FE / BE), BE_Password text file: Sample files     3 MB (zipped)

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Video:

The meeting was recorded and the video is now available on the Access Europe YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/LihRfPiYOzw or you can click below:

       

Colin Riddington	Mendip Data Systems	Last Updated 16 Mar 2026

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