Article ID: 159817
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q159817
SYMPTOMS
You receive one of the following error messages when you attempt to insert or attach a database by using an ODBC driver and MSQuery.
Case 1: When you attempt to insert a database into a Word document, you receive the following error message:
When you click Details, you receive the following error message:
When you click OK, you receive the following error message:
Case 2: When you attempt to attach the database from the Mail Merge Helper, you receive the following error message:
CAUSE
The MSQuery SQL string exceeds 255 characters. Word truncates the SQL query string at 255 characters.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem for both cases mentioned in the "Symptoms" section, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Do Not Use MSQuery to Filter the Database
Click No when you receive the following message while inserting or opening a database, and then use the Filter or Sort query options:
Word detected Microsoft Query on your system. Would you like to edit <filename> using Microsoft Query?
Method 2: Do Not Use Word to Query the Data Set
Create the query or recordsets in the database application, save your query results, and then from Word, insert or attach this data.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 querying querys queries open database connectivity
Keywords: kbmerge kbualink97 kbusage KB159817
