How can I retrieve the value stored in a COleVariant?

I'm using the function CDaoRecordset::GetFieldValue() to get the value of a field in a Access table, and the value is stored in a COleVariant. How can I retrieve this value to add in a ComboBox for example? Is there a function to do this???

use the V_BSTRT macro:
CComboBox c;
c.AddString(V_BSTRT(rs.GetFieldValue(...)));

Alternatively, use the CCrack class : as you can see, V_BSTRT is only good for strings.


// crack.h :
//
// This is a part of the Microsoft Foundation Classes C++ library.
// Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Microsoft Corporation
// All rights reserved.
//
// This source code is only intended as a supplement to the
// Microsoft Foundation Classes Reference and related
// electronic documentation provided with the library.
// See these sources for detailed information regarding the
// Microsoft Foundation Classes product.

class CCrack
{
public:
static LPCTSTR strFieldType(short sType);
static LPCTSTR strQueryDefType(short sType);
static LPCTSTR strBOOL(BOOL bFlag);
static CString strVARIANT(const COleVariant& var);
};

// crack.cpp
//
// This is a part of the Microsoft Foundation Classes C++ library.
// Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Microsoft Corporation
// All rights reserved.
//
// This source code is only intended as a supplement to the
// Microsoft Foundation Classes Reference and related
// electronic documentation provided with the library.
// See these sources for detailed information regarding the
// Microsoft Foundation Classes product.


#include "stdafx.h"
#include "crack.h"

LPCTSTR CCrack::strFieldType(short sType)
{
switch(sType){
case (dbBoolean):
return _T("Bool");
case (dbByte):
return _T("Byte");
case (dbInteger):
return _T("Integer");
case (dbLong):
return _T("Long");
case (dbCurrency):
return _T("Currency");
case (dbSingle):
return _T("Single");
case (dbDouble):
return _T("Double");
case (dbDate):
return _T("Date");
case (dbText):
return _T("Text");
case (dbLongBinary):
return _T("Long Binary");
case (dbMemo):
return _T("Memo");
case (dbGUID):
return _T("GUID");
}
return _T("Unknown");
}

LPCTSTR CCrack::strQueryDefType(short sType)
{
switch(sType){
case (dbQSelect):
return _T("Select");
case (dbQAction):
return _T("Action");
case (dbQCrosstab):
return _T("Crosstab");
case (dbQDelete):
return _T("Delete");
case (dbQUpdate):
return _T("Update");
case (dbQAppend):
return _T("Append");
case (dbQMakeTable):
return _T("MakeTable");
case (dbQDDL):
return _T("DDL");
case (dbQSQLPassThrough):
return _T("SQLPassThrough");
case (dbQSetOperation):
return _T("Set Operation");
case (dbQSPTBulk):
return _T("SPTBulk");
}
return _T("Unknown");
}

LPCTSTR CCrack::strBOOL(BOOL bFlag)
{
return bFlag ? _T("TRUE") : _T("FALSE");
}

CString CCrack::strVARIANT(const COleVariant& var)
{
CString strRet;
strRet = _T("Fish");
switch(var.vt){
case VT_EMPTY:
case VT_NULL:
strRet = _T("NULL");
break;
case VT_I2:
strRet.Format(_T("%hd"),V_I2(&var));
break;
case VT_I4:
strRet.Format(_T("%d"),V_I4(&var));
break;
case VT_R4:
strRet.Format(_T("%e"),(double)V_R4(&var));
break;
case VT_R8:
strRet.Format(_T("%e"),V_R8(&var));
break;
case VT_CY:
strRet = COleCurrency(var).Format();
break;
case VT_DATE:
strRet = COleDateTime(var).Format(_T("%m %d %y"));
break;
case VT_BSTR:
strRet = V_BSTRT(&var);
break;
case VT_DISPATCH:
strRet = _T("VT_DISPATCH");
break;
case VT_ERROR:
strRet = _T("VT_ERROR");
break;
case VT_BOOL:
return strBOOL(V_BOOL(&var));
case VT_VARIANT:
strRet = _T("VT_VARIANT");
break;
case VT_UNKNOWN:
strRet = _T("VT_UNKNOWN");
break;
case VT_I1:
strRet = _T("VT_I1");
break;
case VT_UI1:
strRet.Format(_T("0x%02hX"),(unsigned short)V_UI1(&var));
break;
case VT_UI2:
strRet = _T("VT_UI2");
break;
case VT_UI4:
strRet = _T("VT_UI4");
break;
case VT_I8:
strRet = _T("VT_I8");
break;
case VT_UI8:
strRet = _T("VT_UI8");
break;
case VT_INT:
strRet = _T("VT_INT");
break;
case VT_UINT:
strRet = _T("VT_UINT");
break;
case VT_VOID:
strRet = _T("VT_VOID");
break;
case VT_HRESULT:
strRet = _T("VT_HRESULT");
break;
case VT_PTR:
strRet = _T("VT_PTR");
break;
case VT_SAFEARRAY:
strRet = _T("VT_SAFEARRAY");
break;
case VT_CARRAY:
strRet = _T("VT_CARRAY");
break;
case VT_USERDEFINED:
strRet = _T("VT_USERDEFINED");
break;
case VT_LPSTR:
strRet = _T("VT_LPSTR");
break;
case VT_LPWSTR:
strRet = _T("VT_LPWSTR");
break;
case VT_FILETIME:
strRet = _T("VT_FILETIME");
break;
case VT_BLOB:
strRet = _T("VT_BLOB");
break;
case VT_STREAM:
strRet = _T("VT_STREAM");
break;
case VT_STORAGE:
strRet = _T("VT_STORAGE");
break;
case VT_STREAMED_OBJECT:
strRet = _T("VT_STREAMED_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_STORED_OBJECT:
strRet = _T("VT_STORED_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_BLOB_OBJECT:
strRet = _T("VT_BLOB_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_CF:
strRet = _T("VT_CF");
break;
case VT_CLSID:
strRet = _T("VT_CLSID");
break;
}
WORD vt = var.vt;
if(vt & VT_ARRAY){
vt = vt & ~VT_ARRAY;
strRet = _T("Array of ");
}
if(vt & VT_BYREF){
vt = vt & ~VT_BYREF;
strRet += _T("Pointer to ");
}
if(vt != var.vt){
switch(vt){
case VT_EMPTY:
strRet += _T("VT_EMPTY");
break;
case VT_NULL:
strRet += _T("VT_NULL");
break;
case VT_I2:
strRet += _T("VT_I2");
break;
case VT_I4:
strRet += _T("VT_I4");
break;
case VT_R4:
strRet += _T("VT_R4");
break;
case VT_R8:
strRet += _T("VT_R8");
break;
case VT_CY:
strRet += _T("VT_CY");
break;
case VT_DATE:
strRet += _T("VT_DATE");
break;
case VT_BSTR:
strRet += _T("VT_BSTR");
break;
case VT_DISPATCH:
strRet += _T("VT_DISPATCH");
break;
case VT_ERROR:
strRet += _T("VT_ERROR");
break;
case VT_BOOL:
strRet += _T("VT_BOOL");
break;
case VT_VARIANT:
strRet += _T("VT_VARIANT");
break;
case VT_UNKNOWN:
strRet += _T("VT_UNKNOWN");
break;
case VT_I1:
strRet += _T("VT_I1");
break;
case VT_UI1:
strRet += _T("VT_UI1");
break;
case VT_UI2:
strRet += _T("VT_UI2");
break;
case VT_UI4:
strRet += _T("VT_UI4");
break;
case VT_I8:
strRet += _T("VT_I8");
break;
case VT_UI8:
strRet += _T("VT_UI8");
break;
case VT_INT:
strRet += _T("VT_INT");
break;
case VT_UINT:
strRet += _T("VT_UINT");
break;
case VT_VOID:
strRet += _T("VT_VOID");
break;
case VT_HRESULT:
strRet += _T("VT_HRESULT");
break;
case VT_PTR:
strRet += _T("VT_PTR");
break;
case VT_SAFEARRAY:
strRet += _T("VT_SAFEARRAY");
break;
case VT_CARRAY:
strRet += _T("VT_CARRAY");
break;
case VT_USERDEFINED:
strRet += _T("VT_USERDEFINED");
break;
case VT_LPSTR:
strRet += _T("VT_LPSTR");
break;
case VT_LPWSTR:
strRet += _T("VT_LPWSTR");
break;
case VT_FILETIME:
strRet += _T("VT_FILETIME");
break;
case VT_BLOB:
strRet += _T("VT_BLOB");
break;
case VT_STREAM:
strRet += _T("VT_STREAM");
break;
case VT_STORAGE:
strRet += _T("VT_STORAGE");
break;
case VT_STREAMED_OBJECT:
strRet += _T("VT_STREAMED_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_STORED_OBJECT:
strRet += _T("VT_STORED_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_BLOB_OBJECT:
strRet += _T("VT_BLOB_OBJECT");
break;
case VT_CF:
strRet += _T("VT_CF");
break;
case VT_CLSID:
strRet += _T("VT_CLSID");
break;
}
}
return strRet;
}

If u are using vc6 ,
u can retrieve the value like this
COleVariant var;

BOOl b = var.boolVal;
CString str = var.pcVal;
double d = var.dblVal;