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The State Property

The State property returns a value that describes if the object is open, closed, connecting, executing or retrieving data. The value returns an ObjectStateEnum value. Default is adStateClosed.

This property can be used with the Command, Connection, Record, Recordset, and Stream object.

The State property can have a combination of values. If a statement is executing, this property will have a combined value of adStateOpen and adStateExecuting.

Syntax

object.State

Example

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

set comm=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
response.write(comm.State)

conn.close
%>

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

response.write(conn.State)

conn.close
%>

ObjectStateEnum Values

Specifies whether an object is open or closed, connecting to a data source, executing a command, or retrieving data.

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