Article ID: 108827
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Query 2000
This article was previously published under Q108827
SUMMARY
The number of connections to SQL servers is limited under Microsoft Query. Attempting to make more than 14 connections to SQL servers will result in the following error message:
Connecting to 14 SQL servers and then making a connection to a dBASE source and adding a table will result in the following error message:
Choosing OK to this error message and again attempting to connect to a dBASE data source will result in another error message:
MORE INFORMATION
The above error messages result from a limited number of Microsoft Query connection handles. There are no settings in either the application or the ODBC drivers to correct this. Connections to SQL server take one connection handle each. Attempting to make a fifteenth (15th) connection will result in an error.
Additional query words: 5.00 file handles MSQuery
Keywords: KB108827
