A Fields collection contains all stored Field objects of an Index, QueryDef (Microsoft Jet workspaces only), Recordset, Relation, or TableDef object.

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The Fields collections of the Index, QueryDef, Relation, and TableDef objects contain the specifications for the fields those objects represent. The Fields collection of a Recordset object represents the Field objects in a row of data, or in a record. You use the Field objects in a Recordset object to read and to set values for the fields in the current record of the Recordset object.

To refer to a Field object in a collection by its ordinal number or by its Name property setting, use any of the following syntax forms:

Fields(0)

Fields("name")

Fields![name]

With the same syntax forms, you can also refer to the Value property of a Field object that you create and append to a Fields collection. The context of the field reference will determine whether you are referring to the Field object or the Value property of the Field object.