Microsoft KB Archive/121597

= Can't Escape Query Using dBASE Data Source =

Article ID: 121597

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Query 2000

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This article was previously published under Q121597



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Query, when you create a query using a dBASE data source, you cannot stop the query by pressing ESC.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs whenever you perform an action in your query that runs an SQL statement (for example, when you add criteria to a query or when you add a field to the data pane).

When you perform an action in your query, the hourglass appears, and you cannot perform another action until the hourglass disappears. Normally, you can stop the query, for example if you used an incorrect criteria, by pressing ESC. However, when you perform one of these actions in a query that you created using a dBASE data source, you cannot break out of the query by pressing ESC.

Note that there are some actions that you can cancel in a query that you created using a dBASE data source. For example, when you press CTRL+END to select the last record in the query, you can cancel this action by pressing ESC.

