The way the data is stored is determined by that OLE Object. You could try to
reverse engineer the format. Another way is perhaps trying to instantiate the
object, and use the interfaces it supports.

"Jerry" wrote:

I have an off-the-shelf app that uses an Access database as its
backend. One of the tables contains a field with an "OLE Object"
datatype. I'm writing some reports against this database, and I
believe this field contains data I need. When I view the table in
datasheet view, all I can see in this field is the string "Long
binary data".

So, I've got the problem of needing to extract data from this
field, but I don't know what format the data is in, or how the app
inserts data to begin with. If I can extract the binary data
intact, I may be able to pick it apart and find what I need. I'm
looking for a solution that lets me get at the data for the whole
table, so an export of the whole table including the binary data
would be fine.

I'm not a VB or ASP coder, but if code is needed for this I can
probably copy code samples and make simple modifications to suit my
task. Is there any hope of extracting this data?