I created a split Access 2010 database with a backend for just tables and the frontend with queries and forms. The frontend is linked using an OLE DB connection to ArcGIS, which works fine. When the database connection is connected I am unable to modify my forms but I can update and create queries.
Could this be an issue with having the forms bound to my table query? or is it because I am using a table query for the form? I don't know how to update my table records from the form without it being bound to the table.
This is also a multiple user database and other users maybe linking this to ArcGIS and might also need to make modifications.
Thanks.
From the ArcGIS 10.2 help:
Linked tables in Access are not viewable through an OLE DB connection, although Access queries are available. To use the linked table, create a query in Access that references the linked table and connect to the linked table through the query in the OLE DB connection.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//005s00000023000000
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the problem: i want MySQL to read data from Access database on real-time, which means whenever the data is updated in Access, i can click refresh in mysql to update the table.
Not the other way around, i know that access can link to mysql database on real-time. but that's not what i want.
the reason why i need to have such connection is because, we have another app which can only export data into access on daily basis. so only the access file is refreshed.
I have tried to use ODBC server to export access table to mysql table. but that is not on real-time, if i updated any data in access table, the data will not refreshed in mysql.
I have a business user I am migrating to Snowflake that has many MS Access reporting processes that use MS Access Linked Tables that he is attempting to redirect to Snowflake through an ODBC connection. If his ODBC connection specifies a Database, he can see contents of the linked table. If he tries to link a table in a different Database, MS Access can find the table in list of objects but cannot open it. It is like the process to find the table is using the full data dictionary but when you try to link it, it forms a query that lacks the database qualifier.
We have tried most all qualification of including or omitting entries out of the ODBC connection properties including the database. We can think of two work-arounds but neither are ideal because there is a large user community and the reporting is complex and vast. The two backup options are to create a separate driver for each database or to create views in Snowflake under the same database that can be accessed.
Has anybody else encountered this issue and know a better solution? Is it the version of the ODBC driver for Snowflake (which I assume is the most current because the user followed a canned set of download directions created by our IT department).
I have Views on a SQL server database that I have painstakingly written. I am creating linked tables on my MS Access Database. I am only able to pick from tables. Is there a way to use my Views on the SQL Server within MS Access, which has all the data I need?
Views in SSMS:
Can only see Tables in MS Access linked Tables manager:
Yes, you can. From Access' point of view, linked tables and views are almost identical.
Except when linking a view, you need to tell Access the primary key - for tables it it determined automatically. Without specifying the PK, the linked view is read-only.
The Linked Tables Manager in Access shows only tables/views that are already linked.
To automate the process, see here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32316883/3820271
We have an Access database that is currently doing an append query on a table on another database. We have moved all the tables to a SQL Server 2008 database.
The dba used the SSMA tool to migrate the tables to the SQL Server database thus avoiding the use of an ODBC connection. If necessary I could write VBA code to create the link (I have seen an example that I might be able to use).
Solved.
Found some VBA code that will allow me to create the linked table.
I have an MS Access database which is already linked with many tables in Oracle.
I want to add few more tables to that from different server of Oracle.
The problem is if I connect to the server through MS Access and try to import using linked table manager I could not find my schema or user in that list of tables.
This Link tables dialog even from Get External data->Link Tables gives me only system tables like (CTXSYS,DMSYS,XDB etc....).
Why can I not find any of my tables? Do I not have access to this?
How do I achieve this? Why are my table schema's not listed even if I connect to the right server?
I don't recall how the Linked Table Manager worked in Access 2000, so I may be off base here. However, in Access 2003, the Linked Table Manager allows me to change the connections for existing table links, but doesn't provide an option to create new links. (at least not an option I can find)
IOW, if the same source table existed on a different server, I could use the Linked Table Manager to change an existing link for that table to point to the new server. But, with no existing link to the source table, I can't use the Linked Table Manager to create one.
For that purpose, I go to Access' main menu and choose File -> Get External Data -> Link Tables, choose "ODBC Databases()" from the "Files of Type" box on the Link dialog, then choose the DSN for the server which houses the tables I want linked. IIRC, you should have a similar option with Access 2000.
You could also use VBA code to create your links. See TransferDatabase Method.