VB6 data report: Grouping using the Group By statement, without the data environment

Question

I can accomplish the grouping in Data Report using the Data Environment smoothly. But I want to create the grouping via code using the GROUP BY statement.

I have this code but an error occurs saying Report sections do not match data source.

SELECT 
G.Code, G.Description, COUNT(E.EmpNo), COUNT(E.EmpName) FROM tblEmployee E
INNER JOIN tblEmployeeGroups EG
ON E.EmpNo=EG.EmpID
INNER JOIN tblGroup G
ON EG.GroupID=G.Code
GROUP BY G.Code, G.Description
ORDER BY G.Code ASC

Is it only possible to accomplish this via Data Environment?

Answer 1

Rewrite your query to use the Data Shaping Provider. This has a SQL-like SHAPE command for creating hierarchical rowsets

That is what the Data Environment does under the covers.