How can you check if a Data entry is a copy

I asked this earlier. I have a program I'am writting in VB that accesses an ACCESS database. How can I check to see if the SQL string I send to the database is not a copy of data already existing in the database? ***Without viewing the database on my form or in the database.*** Mind, that I'm a newbie.

Didn't that snippet I gave you solve it ? :confused:

Yes. Thanks. But, I figured something else out for it instead.


strSQLDVD = "select * from DVD where MovieTitle = '" & Me.txtMovieTitle.Text & "' and YearReleased = " & Me.txtReleased.Text & " and Rating = '" & Me.txtRating.Text & "' and Subject = '" & Me.txtSubject.Text & "' and Length = '" & Me.txtLength.Text & "'"

rstDVDCheck.Open(strSQLDVD, cnnDVD, ADODB.CursorTypeEnum.adOpenStatic)

If rstDVDCheck.RecordCount = 0 Then

strSQLDVD = "insert into DVD (MovieTitle, YearReleased, Rating, Subject, Length) values ('" & Me.txtMovieTitle.Text & "','" & Me.txtReleased.Text & "','" & Me.txtRating.Text & "','" & Me.txtSubject.Text & "','" & Me.txtLength.Text & "')"

Else

If MsgBox("This file already Exists.", MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly) = MsgBoxResult.OK Then

If MsgBox("Would you like to clear the fields?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then

Reset()

Else

cnnDVD.Execute(strSQLDVD)

I did it like this. That way nothing will be saved, and fields will be cleared. Or if it's a new file, it'll be saved.

Thanks for your help though.