Microsoft KB Archive/137264

= Can't Update Links to a Microsoft Access Query =

Article ID: 137264

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q137264




 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0|7.0
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 4.0|4.0
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0|5.0



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you create a link to a Microsoft Access query, the query is not updated dynamically. That is, when you change the query in Microsoft Access, the linked information is not automatically updated in Microsoft Excel, even if both files are open in memory at the same time.



CAUSE
Microsoft Excel automatically updates data only in the Microsoft Access data source (that is, the table the query is built on); it does not automatically update the query.



WORKAROUND
To update a link from Microsoft Excel to a Microsoft Access query, close the dependent workbook and then re-open it.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

