Microsoft KB Archive/225939

= ACC2000: Cannot Use ADOX Views Collection with SQL Server or MSDE =

Article ID: 225939

Article Last Modified on 12/12/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q225939



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

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

For a Microsoft Access 2002 version of this article, see 292791.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to examine properties of the ADOX Views collection connected to SQL Server or Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) via the OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (SQLOLEDB), you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '3251':

The operation requested by the application is not supported by the provider.



CAUSE
The OLE DB Provider for SQL Server does not support the VIEWS schema rowset, which is necessary to provide ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) with information on views that exist in a database that resides on SQL Server or MSDE.



RESOLUTION
In a Microsoft Access project connected to the database that you want to query, use the AllViews collection of the CurrentData property to return basic information about views in your database. There currently is no way to examine remote views via ADO from a Microsoft Access database.

Using the AllViews collection
 Open an Access project connected to any SQL Server or MSDE database. Create a new module. On the Tools menu, click References. Verify that the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 library is selected. Close the References dialog box.  Press CTRL+G, and in the Immediate window, type the following: Debug.Print CurrentData.AllViews.Count </li></ol>

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
<ol> Open an Access project connected to any SQL Server or MSDE database.</li> Create a new module.</li> On the Tools menu, click References.</li> Select the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 and the '''Microsoft ADO Ext. 2.1 for DDL and Security''' libraries.</li>  Close the References dialog box, and in the newly created module, add the following procedure: Sub TestCountViews Dim cat As New ADOX.Catalog Set cat.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection Debug.Print cat.Views.Count

End Sub </li> Run the procedure.</li></ol>

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