help! ado connection string variable

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hi everyone,

please help me on how to put my data path in variable. I'm using ADO and my database is visual foxpro 6 and I'm using visual basic 6.

this is my connection string:
Provider=VFPOLE DB.1;Data Source=D:\2007\ 01\18;Mode=Read ;Password="";Co llating Sequence=GENERA L

my recordsource is:
t_tran.dbf

it worked properly if i put my connection string in ado properties but when putting it in a variable it won't work anymore.

the t_tran.dbf is placed in different folder on every each day. which means, if today is jan, 18, 2007 then the directory would be c:\2007\01\18\t _tran.dbf and tomorrow, the data path will change because the date will be c:\2007\01\19.

So my option in opening the database is to select the date, then the path will change to the specific date.

Hope I explained it correctly.

Thanks in advance :)

[Killer42]

Can you show us the existing code? Replacing a hard-coded literal with a variable sounds simple, but there's always something that we weren't aware of.

[Killer42]

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this is my connection string:
Provider=VFPOLE DB.1;Data Source=D:\2007\ 01\18;Mode=Read ;Password="";Co llating Sequence=GENERA L
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I'll take a quick stab at it. Sorry if this is not what you're after, but I'm using a lot of guess-work here. :)

Dim strConn As String
strConn = "Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data Source=D:\" _
  & format(Year(Now()) _
  & "\" _
  & Format(Month(Now(),"00") _
  & "\" _
  & Format(Day(Now(),"00") _
  & ";Mode=Read;Password="""";Collating Sequence=GENERAL"

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I'll take a quick stab at it. Sorry if this is not what you're after, but I'm using a lot of guess-work here. :)

Dim strConn As String
strConn = "Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data Source=D:\" _
  & format(Year(Now()) _
  & "\" _
  & Format(Month(Now(),"00") _
  & "\" _
  & Format(Day(Now(),"00") _
  & ";Mode=Read;Password="""";Collating Sequence=GENERAL"

thanks Killer42,

here is my code...

Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim cn As New ADODB.Connectio n

Private Sub Form_Load()

cn.Open ("Provider=VFPO LEDB.1;Data Source=D:\;Mode =Read;Password= "";Collatin g Sequence=MACHIN E")
rs.Open "select * from t_tran", cn

End Sub

I'm using ADO and datagrid, it works when i'm only using their properties but can't make it in coding.

I want to view the data using datagrid and put the data source as variable...exam ple as

xdata = "d:\"
Data Source=xdata

then view the content of the database using datagrid...is this possible sir?

thanks