http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/ $ en-us Copyright 2003-2005, Talk About Network. All Rights Reserved. 2008-11-20T19:11:14+00:00 TAN rss@talkaboutnetwork.com Discussion hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://tan12.talkaboutnetwork.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/ http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75560.html I am building an application with a SQL Server 2005 DB Back-End and a SQL Server Express Front End. There is a table on the Front-End that is automatically updated by the server hositng the back-end DB. I have build an ODBC connection to the fron... =?Utf-8?B?SmltbXkgSm9uZXM=?= ltJimmyJone... Discussion 2008-11-19T09:04:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75557.html I am trying to import a txt file into a blank table. The table has all fields formatted as txt and when I am using the import wizard, I have changed all the fields to txt aswell. When I get close to finishing the wizard I get the message propert... =?Utf-8?B?Q3JhaWcgRGlja3Nvbg==?= ltCraig... Discussion 2008-11-19T01:50:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75555.html Hi gurus I need help and here is the problem. I have a 2007 access database, one table, I saved this 2007 as 2000 database as one of the client has access 2000 and need this information. When he tries to open the 2000 converted database he gets t... =?Utf-8?B?bmFndWFyYW1pcGFuYQ==?= ltnagua... Discussion 2008-11-18T12:45:02+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75554.html I opened an access 2000 mdb (that accesses SQL Server 2005 data) in my new access 2007 (SP1 - 64 bit) and I am having 2 problems. First off, I cannot use Linked table manager to update my connection to the SQL server. I get a message saying ODBC ... =?Utf-8?B?QnJ1Y2VCZWFy?= ltBruceBear@[EM... Discussion 2008-11-18T11:29:02+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75553.html Excel is creating unwanted ‘backup of*’ files for me. My research indicates that this behavior is a result of selecting of AutoRecover. I want/need auto recovery, I am regularly receiving errors that kill my Excel session (I believe these ar... =?Utf-8?B?SW5kaWFuYUNBREFkbWlu?= ltIndia... Discussion 2008-11-18T10:46:12+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75547.html help please We have security software that outputs paradox format files. I want to create a linked table to one of these files from Access but I keep getting the External data not in expected format error. since the paradox file is output by s... =?Utf-8?B?SmF5ZW4=?= ltJayen@[EMAIL PROT... Discussion 2008-11-18T02:22:03+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75543.html In older versions of Excel, you could import an Access query into Excel and it would assume the column width specified in the Excel spreadsheet. It would also give you the option of not importing the column headings. How can you do that with Acces... =?Utf-8?B?T2ZmaWNlIFByb2R1Y3Rpdml0eSBDb2... Discussion 2008-11-17T11:51:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75542.html I have an Access 2003 database that on the switchboard was an option to import from a spreadsheet. I had used the FileImport command in the Switchboard Manager. However, now it doesnt work in 2007. What is the new command or the fix for this? ... =?Utf-8?B?UmhvbWl1bQ==?= ltRhomium@[EMAI... Discussion 2008-11-17T11:12:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75540.html In a mcaro, i export query to excel. It asks me to save thefile, and to overwrite and the file, etc standard MS pop ups. I need to export to a new work book to avoid the the pop boxes. Thanks =?Utf-8?B?Y3BhbXhu?= ltcpamxn@[EMAIL PRO... Discussion 2008-11-17T10:17:03+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75539.html Importing a text file into Access I would like to set up a process whereby i can choose where each field of the imported text file goes in a template table. i.e. i would like a prompt in the import process requesting me to enter the destination f... =?Utf-8?B?amFtZXNC?= ltjamesB@[EMAIL PRO... Discussion 2008-11-17T03:14:12+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75536.html When I use the following script to export a table to a CSV file I loose some formating. There is one filed that is formated as SINGLE, Fixed, 5 dec. When the export runs i get some scientific notation. (depending on how it was stored). Is ther... =?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQ=?= ltScott@[EMAIL PROT... Discussion 2008-11-16T18:45:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75534.html Hi I am trying to import, or should say read, an excelarc to later work wiht it for my accessDB. but this ends up in just a mess, i.e when I look at the variable strSQLImport its not even readable. Anyone knows what Ive done wrong. Option Compare Da... michellesihdu@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-11-16T14:32:48+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75528.html hi I would like to know if you have kids. from maddie walker thanks madison walker ltespeonex@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-11-15T15:17:21+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75524.html Hi, Is there a mechanism by which a file can be exported from MS Access to a GIFI file format? GIFI = General Index of Financial Information. This is the format required by Revenue Canada for taxation purposes. =?Utf-8?B?TEFLIFJlc2VhcmNoICYgSW5mb3JtYX... Discussion 2008-11-14T12:37:01+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75521.html I need to import a cvs db in to my Access 2003. Can that be done? Do I need any special conversion program to do this? Thanks Jerr =?Utf-8?B?SmVycnk=?= ltJerry@[EMAIL PROT... Discussion 2008-11-14T12:23:03+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75519.html Ive got a .csv file (comma separated, text strings wrapped in ) created by our IT folks. Im getting the famous unparsable record error when importing this file into an Access table. Im aware of the ususal suspects regarding this error (bad delim... =?Utf-8?B?S2lyayBQLg==?= ltKirkP@[EMAIL ... Discussion 2008-11-14T09:42:20+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75507.html While importing a text document I get the error type conversion failure. It imports all of the fields except for one field, and it is a number field, about 15 characters long. The information being imported is from a text document, delimited by ... =?Utf-8?B?U2hlbGxleQ==?= ltShelley @[EMA... Discussion 2008-11-13T11:59:49+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75506.html I have a Pivot Table in Excel and I want to import the data into Access. I run this code: etc... DoCmd.RunSQL (DELETE * FROM [Bookings - Pipe by Advertiser]) DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, 8, Bookings - Pipe by Advertiser, C:\Document... =?Utf-8?B?cnlndXk3Mjcy?= ltryguy7272@[EM... Discussion 2008-11-13T11:26:12+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75503.html Hi, Ive seen posts with examples of how to loop through files in a single folder, but I am dealing with the same dbf file name in multiple subdirectories. These subdirectories are named for the date they were created - 20081112 for example. In this e... jennifer.standley@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-11-13T08:21:32+00:00 http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/messages/75498.html zugeerspam@yahoo.com Trevor ltzugeerspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-11-12T09:15:38+00:00 Search talkaboutsoftware.com Access External data q http://talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.access.externaldata/search.html