Microsoft Access

Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) API

Data Access Objects (DAO) provide a programmatic interface to create, query, and modify the structure and data of Access databases, with objects like Database, Recordset, TableDef, QueryDef, and more mapping directly to database constructs.

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/microsoft-data-access-objects-reference

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Database Object Reference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/database-object-dao

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) API
description: Data Access Objects (DAO) provide a programmatic interface to create, query, and modify the
  structure and data of Access databases, with objects like Database, Recordset, TableDef, QueryDef, and
  more mapping directly to database constructs.
image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/access
humanUrl: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/microsoft-data-access-objects-reference
tags:
- DAO
- Data Access
- QueryDef
- Recordset
- TableDef
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/microsoft-data-access-objects-reference
- type: Database Object Reference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/database-object-dao