Microsoft KB Archive/162025

= XL97: Web Query File Is Case Sensitive =

Article ID: 162025

Article Last Modified on 6/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162025



SYMPTOMS
When you run a Web query in Microsoft Excel 97, you may receive the following error message:

An unexpected error has occurred

Your only option is to click OK. After you click OK, the Web query stops, and no data is returned to the worksheet.



CAUSE
This error message occurs when the first line of text in the Web query (.iqy) file is not uppercase letters.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, change the first line of text in the query file to uppercase letters. For example, if the contents of the Web query file is the following:

Web

1

change the text to:

WEB

1



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 97, Web queries allow you to query data from a specific World Wide Web site, Internet, or intranet site, and return the information directly into a Microsoft Excel worksheet. Microsoft Excel 97 includes some sample Web queries, which are located in the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Queries folder.

To run a Web query, point to Get External Data on the Data menu, and then click Run Web Query. Then, locate and select the .iqy file that contains the query and click Get Data in the Run Query dialog box.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

157482 XL97: How to Create Web Query (.iqy) Files

