Microsoft KB Archive/173121

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XL97: Data Returned from Only One Table Using Query Wizard

Article ID: 173121

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Query 2000

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This article was previously published under Q173121

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Query to return data from more that one table in a database, only data from the first table is returned to your Microsoft Excel worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• Two or more of the tables included in your query have the same name. -and-
  

• The tables with the same name have been defined with different owners in the database. -and-
  

• You are using the Query Wizard to build your query.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

To work around the problem temporarily, click to clear the "Use the Query wizard to create/edit queries" check box in the Choose Data Source dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Query 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB173121

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