[AccessD] Querying user-defined system tables in Acc 2010-2013

[Charlotte Foust]

I gave up and did a dlookup instead, which works just fine.  Go figure.


Charlotte Foust
(916) 206-4336

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Dan Waters <df.waters at outlook.com> wrote:

> What about trying an ADO recordset instead of a DAO recordset?  (or
> vice-versa)
>
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> Charlotte Foust
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Querying user-defined system tables in Acc 2010-2013
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> That's what I tried first.  Same result.  I know back the mdb days you
> sometimes had to set the query to run with owner's permissions, but that
> went out with workgroup security.  I work with this stuff all the time, but
> I don't usually roll out a sort-of security system for clients, and that's
> what this is for.
>
> UD = "User-defined", a USys table.
>
>
>
> Charlotte Foust
> (916) 206-4336
>
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Dan Waters <df.waters at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > Just as a check, try using "SELECT * FROM [tablename]" instead of your
> > variable 'SQLstr'.
> >
> > Also, what is a UD System Table?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> > Of Charlotte Foust
> > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 7:54 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: [AccessD] Querying user-defined system tables in Acc
> > 2010-2013
> >
> > I'm running into peculiar behavior where attempting to set a recordset
> > object from a select * query based on a UD system table runs in the
> > query design window but returns no records on db.OpenRecordset(SQLstr,
> > dbopensnapshot) in code.  Is it just another piece of my mind drifting
> > away, or what?
> >
> >
> > Charlotte Foust
> > (916) 206-4336
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