Option Explicit Sub Main() Dim dbe Dim db Dim rs Set dbe = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine.36") Set db = dbe.OpenDatabase("Hello.mdb") Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT 'Hello, DAO World!' AS Message") While Not rs.EOF Debug.Print rs(0).Name Debug.Print "-----------------" Debug.Print rs(0).Value rs.MoveNext Wend rs.Close db.Close End Sub