Microsoft KB Archive/115900

= ACC: "Obsolete Database Format" Error Message =

Article ID: 115900

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q115900



SYMPTOMS
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

When you run a query against a Microsoft Access database from Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Query, you receive the error message "Obsolete Database Format."



CAUSE
You have not selected the correct database type.



RESOLUTION
If you are trying to query against a Microsoft Access 1.x database, change the database type from Access 2.0 Database to Access Database.

If you are trying to query against a Microsoft Access 2.0 database, change the database type from Access Database to Access 2.0 Database.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB115900

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