Microsoft KB Archive/109348

PRA: Datasheet and Run Buttons Disabled on Append Query

Article ID: Q109348
Creation Date: 02-JAN-1994
Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996 The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you create an append query using only a constant value in the Query- By-Example (QBE) grid, the Datasheet and Run buttons remain disabled, even though appending constant values is a valid query.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access versions 1.0 and 1.1. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database NWIND.MDB.
Create a new query.
Choose Close in the Add Table dialog box.
From the Query menu, choose Append. Select any table in the Table Name box.
Type "100" (without the quotation marks) in the Field row.

Note that the Datasheet and Run buttons remain disabled.

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