This example uses the AddNew method to create a new record with the specified name.
Public Sub AddNewX()
Dim cnn1 As ADODB.Connection
Dim rstEmployees As ADODB.Recordset
Dim strCnn As String
Dim strID As String
Dim strFirstName As String
Dim strLastName As String
Dim booRecordAdded As Boolean
' Open a connection.
Set cnn1 = New ADODB.Connection
strCnn = "driver={SQL Server};server=srv;" & _
"uid=sa;pwd=;database=pubs"
cnn1.Open strCnn
' Open Employee table.
Set rstEmployees = New ADODB.Recordset
rstEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rstEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
rstEmployees.Open "employee", cnn1, , , adCmdTable
' Get data from the user.
strID = Trim(InputBox("Enter employee ID:"))
strFirstName = Trim(InputBox("Enter first name:"))
strLastName = Trim(InputBox("Enter last name:"))
' Proceed only if the user actually entered something
' for both the first and last names.
If (strID <> "") And (strFirstName <> "") _
And (strLastName <> "") Then
rstEmployees.AddNew
rstEmployees!emp_id = strID
rstEmployees!fname = strFirstName
rstEmployees!lname = strLastName
rstEmployees.Update
booRecordAdded = True
' Show the newly added data.
MsgBox "New record: " & rstEmployees!emp_id & " " & _
rstEmployees!fname & " " & rstEmployees!lname
Else
MsgBox "Please enter an employee ID, " & _
"first name, and last name."
End If
' Delete the new record because this is a demonstration.
cnn1.Execute "DELETE FROM employee WHERE em