[dba-SQLServer] Field missing in Linked SQL Table/View

David Emerson newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz
Wed Jan 13 14:02:42 CST 2016


Hi Paul,

Can permissions be set on a field?  I have no problem linking to the table.

Regards

David

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-SQLServer [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
Behalf Of Paul Hartland
Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2016 8:32 a.m.
To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server
Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Field missing in Linked SQL Table/View

Just off hand it sounds like a permissions thing, do you use the same logon
to run the view in SQL server as you are using for the linked tables to
Access ?

On 13 January 2016 at 18:40, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi Listers,
>
> I have an SQL 2012 database that belongs to another application which 
> I have little control over.  I am allowed to create views of the 
> tables.  I have created a view of a particular table which just 
> selects a few of the fields from the table.  I have then linked the 
> view to my Access 2010 database.
>
> The unusual thing is that one of the fields does not appear in the 
> linked table in Access.  It is definitely in the view and appears when 
> I run the view.
>
> I have tried linking directly to the SQL table and this includes all 
> the fields except for the same field missing from the view.
>
> I have changed the view and relinked it - all of the changes show in 
> the linked table except the same field doesn't show.
>
> There is nothing unusual I can see about the field.  It is a nvarchar(25).
> The type is a user defined data type but so are a number of other 
> fields that all appear in the linked table.
>
> Has anyone come across this before?
>
> Regards
>
> David Emerson
> Dalyn Software Ltd
> Wellington, New Zealand



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