I'm using MS ACCESS 2000.
I have few tables in AB.mdb linked to some other table XY.mdb in my machine. Its working fine in my machine local.
Now if i move this AB.mdb to some other machine its showing error as its is searching for XY.mdb in its local machine.
I cannot change path in that machine using linked table manager because we dont have access from that machine.
Is there any way to solve this issue.
any way to change path of linked tabels other than linked table manager
Thanks,
Shanmugam
You can change the linked tables target programmatically in VBA.
Access: Changing linked table location programatically
Reconnect Attached tables on Start-up
Relink tables in code
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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
We have a system that uses replication to allow folks in two different locations to work with a common database back end. The network is not high quality, and slow so I used replication to put a back end at each location and keep them synchronized. Synchronization is done through the Replication Manager and synchronizer running on a schedule. This has been working great for the past two years. The system was originally developed and used with Access 2007 but with the back end in mdb format. So now the client is up to Access 2010. The client wanted some changes to the back end, entailing some new tables and new fields added to existing tables. No problem I think. I went to the site and opened the Replica set design master using Access 2010 and added the new tables with no problem. Then I tried to add the new fields to existing tables. I could do that in design view but when I tried to save the changes I get a message 'Operation not supported for this type of object' message. I banged my head against the wall for a while thinking I was doing something wrong, then gave up working at the client facility. I did run the synchronizer before leaving and the new tables propagated properly to the other managed databases. This part is working.
After returning to my office I thought possibly this is an Access 2010 issue. I fired up a virtual machine with Access 2007 on it and a running replication system of the same database. In Access 2007 I could open the design master and add fields to existing tables with no errors and the changes would save. Is this an Access 2010 issue or is there something else going on? I'd hate to have to re-install Access 2007 on one of the client computers to make these changes. I have the same system running on my Access 2010 machine and I can duplicate the 'Operation not supported for this type of object' issue using Access 2010 in my office. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Old thread but I have also run into the same problems. I found that using Access DDL (e.g. ALTER TABLE) in the SQL window works to modify table design in a replicated database in Access 2010. It won't allow you to modify an existing field/column but you can at least add or drop fields from existing tables. You can use DDL to modify an existing field by adding a new temporary field to your table the way you want it, copy the data from the existing field to your temporary field, then drop the existing field. Then add a second new field with the name of the field you deleted and copy the data over from the temporary field. Then delete the temporary field. More Access DDL info here
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.
I'm usually not working with Microsoft products. I have an MS Access 2007 project here, and I know that the MSSQL Server with the Database has some procedures. How can I make them visible? I can just browse trough tables and views...
Thanks and regards,
Jan Oliver
When you say access project, are using the term that you have a project you're working on, or you do specifically mean you're working with an access data project? (ADP). The ms access term ADP has an specific meaning that's very important in your context.
In ms access a good number of developers simply use ODBC linked tables to data is sitting on SQL server. There's also an option in ms access to create what is called a Access Data Project (ADP). When you choose to create an access data project then any view design services such as the relationships editor, table design etc. looks like you're developing inside of the access desktop client, but in fact behind the scenes access is sending DDL (data definition language) commands to SQL server to make those modifications on the server side object. So, you CAN modify server side objects inside of ms-access. No local tables can exist when you create a ADP.
What this means that the version of access and SQL server have to be more closely matched then if you're not using an access data project. If you open up the access database and look in the query table, you should see stored procedures appearing in the list. Access should let you modify them.
So take a look of the file extension, if this is actually an access data project, then the file extension for the access database will be *.adp.
If the file extension is mdb, or accDB, then this is not an access data project, but is a traditional access database in which linked tables to SQL server are being used. This this case of non ADP, then the views and tables you link to will only appear in the tables table. Furthermore ANY design changes you make will be done using the SQL server management tools and NOT the access client. So, changes to tables and views and procedures etc. are NOT made and CAN NOT be made inside of the access client like they can when you're using an access data project. Despite this limitation, most developers prefer using linked tables as opposed to an access data project because of the loose tie between the version of SQL server. In fact you can use even different database servers in these cases such as Oracle or MySql. The other significant advantage of linked (odbc) tables is that the linked tables allows multiple data sources from local files, server based etc. And, you also can have local tables (ADP does not allow local tables in the client).
So your ability to edit or not edit the server side objects inside of access will be determined by the above scenario IF you are in fact using a ADP or not.
Does anyone know how to import .dbf file into MS ACcess 2007?
Do you want to do this programmatically?
MS-Access has option to import the tables OR you could create a Linked Table.
EDIT: Open the MS-Access MDB, goto tables. Right click -> Import -> Choose the appropriate database type (could be dbf in your case).
Well a VBA approach to pragmatically pull this information is to create a connection object connecting to the directory of the tables you want to pull from.
After that open a recordset to query what you need from the tables against that connection. A big benefit of directly connecting and scanning is that your not bulking up tables in your database to push you closer to your next repair/compact.
In order to get this connection however I needed some kind of ODBC connector, something the network admins came and installed behind my back when I switched to a new work PC and it suddenly broke upon connection. If this is something you would be using on other users PCs who won't have access to this (if this is a query you will be performing on a normal basis) it may not function properly for others...