TableDef.CreateIndex Method (DAO)

Creates a new Index object (Microsoft Access workspaces only). .

Syntax

expression .CreateIndex(Name)

expression A variable that represents a TableDef object.

Parameters

Return Value

Index

Remarks

You can use the CreateIndex method to create a new Index object for a TableDef object. If you omit the optional name part when you use CreateIndex, you can use an appropriate assignment statement to set or reset the Name property before you append the new object to a collection. After you append the object, you may or may not be able to set its Name property, depending on the type of object that contains the Indexes collection. See the Name property topic for more details.

If name refers to an object that is already a member of the collection, a run-time error occurs when you use the Append method.

To remove an Index object from a collection, use the Delete method on the collection.

Example

This example uses the CreateIndex method to create two new Index objects and then appends them to the Indexes collection of the Employees TableDef object. It then enumerates the Indexes collection of the TableDef object, the Fields collection of the new Index objects, and the Properties collection of the new Index objects. The CreateIndexOutput function is required for this procedure to run.

Sub CreateIndexX() 
 
 Dim dbsNorthwind As Database 
 Dim tdfEmployees As TableDef 
 Dim idxCountry As Index 
 Dim idxFirstName As Index 
 Dim idxLoop As Index 
 
 Set dbsNorthwind = OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb") 
 Set tdfEmployees = dbsNorthwind!Employees 
 
 With tdfEmployees 
 ' Create first Index object, create and append Field 
 ' objects to the Index object, and then append the 
 ' Index object to the Indexes collection of the 
 ' TableDef. 
 Set idxCountry = .CreateIndex("CountryIndex") 
 With idxCountry 
 .Fields.Append .CreateField("Country") 
 .Fields.Append .CreateField("LastName") 
 .Fields.Append .CreateField("FirstName") 
 End With 
 .Indexes.Append idxCountry 
 
 ' Create second Index object, create and append Field 
 ' objects to the Index object, and then append the 
 ' Index object to the Indexes collection of the 
 ' TableDef. 
 Set idxFirstName = .CreateIndex 
 With idxFirstName 
 .Name = "FirstNameIndex" 
 .Fields.Append .CreateField("FirstName") 
 .Fields.Append .CreateField("LastName") 
 End With 
 .Indexes.Append idxFirstName 
 
 ' Refresh collection so that you can access new Index 
 ' objects. 
 .Indexes.Refresh 
 
 Debug.Print .Indexes.Count & " Indexes in " & _ 
 .Name & " TableDef" 
 
 ' Enumerate Indexes collection. 
 For Each idxLoop In .Indexes 
 Debug.Print " " & idxLoop.Name 
 Next idxLoop 
 
 ' Print report. 
 CreateIndexOutput idxCountry 
 CreateIndexOutput idxFirstName 
 
 ' Delete new Index objects because this is a 
 ' demonstration. 
 .Indexes.Delete idxCountry.Name 
 .Indexes.Delete idxFirstName.Name 
 End With 
 
 dbsNorthwind.Close 
 
End Sub 
 
Function CreateIndexOutput(idxTemp As Index) 
 
 Dim fldLoop As Field 
 Dim prpLoop As Property 
 
 With idxTemp 
 ' Enumerate Fields collection of Index object. 
 Debug.Print "Fields in " & .Name 
 For Each fldLoop In .Fields 
 Debug.Print " " & fldLoop.Name 
 Next fldLoop 
 
 ' Enumerate Properties collection of Index object. 
 Debug.Print "Properties of " & .Name 
 For Each prpLoop In .Properties 
 Debug.Print " " & prpLoop.Name & " - " & _ 
 IIf(prpLoop = "", "[empty]", prpLoop) 
 Next prpLoop 
 End With 
 
End Function