[AccessD] Fascinating (but schtupid)

Mark A Matte markamatte at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 6 09:58:23 CST 2012


Here is another 'no-no':  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323626
 
 
Last week I exported from Access to CSV...and the recipient said the file was corrupt...With a little research it was determined you CANNOT have the first 2 letters in a CSV file be 'ID'... they can be 'id'...just not capitalized.
 
Just adds to the list of gotchas lurking in MS.
 
Mark A. Matte
 
 
 
 

> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:18:07 -0600
> From: garykjos at gmail.com
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Fascinating (but schtupid)
> 
> Ya done confused it John. ;-) Name, date, time, format - those things
> are all bad ideas to use for names on anything aren't they? Glad you
> figured it out.
> 
> GK
> 
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:58 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>It worked just fine for a while, then suddenly didn't work.
> >
> > Likewise, it was working fine for awhile then suddenly started the uesrname
> > / password thing.
> >
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> >
> > Reality is what refuses to go away
> > when you do not believe in it
> >
> > On 2/4/2012 2:45 PM, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
> >>
> >> Aha! Yes, I did that very same thing a few years ago. It worked just fine
> >> for a while, then suddenly
> >> didn't work. "Name" is indeed a reserved word - changed it to "FullName"
> >> and had no more problems.
> >> T
> >>
> >> Tina Norris Fields
> >> tinanfields at torchlake.com
> >> 231-322-2787
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/4/2012 2:18 PM, jwcolby wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It seems the issue behind the problem is that I used "Name" as the field
> >>> alias back in the view in
> >>> SQL Server. Name is almost certainly a reserved word in Access. When I
> >>> changed the alias to
> >>> something else the problem went away.
> >>>
> >>> John W. Colby
> >>> Colby Consulting
> >>>
> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away
> >>> when you do not believe in it
> >>>
> >>> On 2/4/2012 1:14 PM, jwcolby wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I am working on an Access database which uses ODBC links back to tables
> >>>> as well as views. Everything
> >>>> was working fine until I created a view which appends a FirstName + ' '
> >>>> + LastName to create a name
> >>>> field, for use in a combo. I have a couple of dozen views which I link
> >>>> into the FE but this is the
> >>>> only one so far where I do this append kind of thing. I use these views
> >>>> to sort the data out at the
> >>>> sql server end and populate my drop down combos in various forms.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I bind the combo to this view and open the form, a SQL server login
> >>>> form opens several times.
> >>>> You know the one I mean, the login form which asks whether to use
> >>>> trusted connection or a SQL Server
> >>>> username / password. The view itself is fine, I can click on the view
> >>>> and see the data, no login
> >>>> form etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I bind the row source to the corresponding table and do the append
> >>>> thing inside of Access I also
> >>>> do not get the login form popping up.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, bind to a view without this field append happening back in SQL
> >>>> Server, no problem.
> >>>> Bind to a table and do the field append in the FE itself, no problem.
> >>>> Open the view with the field append happening in SQL Server, no problem.
> >>>> Bind to a view with this append happening back in sql server, log in box
> >>>> pops up, several times.
> >>>>
> >>>> Check this out, if I relink just that view, the error goes away... until
> >>>> I close the database and
> >>>> re-open it and then the error is back. Relink the view, gone, close
> >>>> re-open and it's back.
> >>>>
> >>>> Of course it took me awhile to figure this out.
> >>>>
> >>>> Doncha just love Access?
> >>>>
> >>>
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