Comments on: Can’t Access Table in MS Query http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PiC http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-39005 PiC Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-39005 <p>Hi Rob,<br> Maybe I do sth wrong, but I do not even see my UNION-ALL-AND-NZ-FUNCTION query to connect to when using JET OLE DB connection...<br> Any idea what I might do wrong?</p> Hi Rob,
Maybe I do sth wrong, but I do not even see my UNION-ALL-AND-NZ-FUNCTION query to connect to when using JET OLE DB connection…
Any idea what I might do wrong?

]]> By: Stew http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-33638 Stew Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-33638 <p>I've just had the same sort of problem. In my case the root cause was that I created the MS Access Query logged into MS Access as myself. </p> <p>When I created the query using the "admin" user, I could link the query into Excel. No idea why, but at least it works now.</p> <p>S.</p> I’ve just had the same sort of problem. In my case the root cause was that I created the MS Access Query logged into MS Access as myself.

When I created the query using the “admin” user, I could link the query into Excel. No idea why, but at least it works now.

S.

]]> By: Rob http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29993 Rob Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29993 <p>That was about my reaction when i discovered it! I'd spent 4 years using weird systems to get round the lack of support for union queries.</p> <p>Quite why MS hide it away so much I have no idea.</p> <p>If you get some example parameter code, I'd love to see it.</p> That was about my reaction when i discovered it! I’d spent 4 years using weird systems to get round the lack of support for union queries.

Quite why MS hide it away so much I have no idea.

If you get some example parameter code, I’d love to see it.

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29917 Rob van Gelder Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29917 <p>If you want a GUI for OLEDB queries, try my Query Editor tool, available on my website.</p> If you want a GUI for OLEDB queries, try my Query Editor tool, available on my website.

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29916 Dick Kusleika Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29916 <p>Rob: That's freaking awesome! I may never use MSQ again. Writing my own parameter code may be worth it just to use this interface.</p> Rob: That’s freaking awesome! I may never use MSQ again. Writing my own parameter code may be worth it just to use this interface.

]]> By: Rob http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29889 Rob Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29889 <p>In general I've stopped using MS Query (in favour of OLEDB) because of the number of things it doesn't like - union queries being one of them.</p> <p>Go via the 'Import Data' option in DataImport External Data and choose the JET OLEDB provider. Then you can use any Access syntax you like (at least as far as I've found). There's no GUI but I don't expect that's a problem.</p> <p>The only thing it won't do is parameter queries so you still have to use ODBC for that.</p> In general I’ve stopped using MS Query (in favour of OLEDB) because of the number of things it doesn’t like – union queries being one of them.

Go via the ‘Import Data’ option in DataImport External Data and choose the JET OLEDB provider. Then you can use any Access syntax you like (at least as far as I’ve found). There’s no GUI but I don’t expect that’s a problem.

The only thing it won’t do is parameter queries so you still have to use ODBC for that.

]]> By: Howard http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29835 Howard Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29835 <p>Nevermind - apparently COALESCE doesn't work from MS Query when going against an Access database. It does work from MS Query with a SQL Server database.</p> Nevermind – apparently COALESCE doesn’t work from MS Query when going against an Access database. It does work from MS Query with a SQL Server database.

]]> By: Eric W. Bachtal http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29834 Eric W. Bachtal Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29834 <p>Yep, Nz() is a method of the Access.Application object, so isn't available on JET db connections outside of Access. I just happened to write a little about this last November, if anyone's interested:</p> <p><a href="http://ewbi.blogs.com/develops/2007/11/why-no-nz-via-j.html" rel="nofollow">http://ewbi.blogs.com/develops/2007/11/why-no-nz-via-j.html</a></p> Yep, Nz() is a method of the Access.Application object, so isn’t available on JET db connections outside of Access. I just happened to write a little about this last November, if anyone’s interested:

http://ewbi.blogs.com/develops/2007/11/why-no-nz-via-j.html

]]> By: Rob Bruce http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29833 Rob Bruce Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29833 <p>Isn't NZ a native Access function? I'm not surprised that MSQuery doesn't recognise it.</p> <p>It's for this reason of compatibility issues between different flavours of SQL that I find it a good policy to use stored procs (SQL Server and other 'proper' RDBMSs) or parm queries (Access) to do all of the SQL work in my applications wherever possible.</p> Isn’t NZ a native Access function? I’m not surprised that MSQuery doesn’t recognise it.

It’s for this reason of compatibility issues between different flavours of SQL that I find it a good policy to use stored procs (SQL Server and other ‘proper’ RDBMSs) or parm queries (Access) to do all of the SQL work in my applications wherever possible.

]]> By: Howard http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/01/10/cant-access-table-in-ms-query/#comment-29832 Howard Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1796#comment-29832 <p>Coalesce returns the first nonnull expression among its arguments.</p> <p>How about this:</p> <p>COALESCE([MyNumber],100) AS Expr1</p> <p>in place of</p> <p>Iif(IsNull([MyNumber]),100,[MyNumber]) AS Expr1 </p> <p>I left the ] off the end of MyNumber the first time.</p> Coalesce returns the first nonnull expression among its arguments.

How about this:

COALESCE([MyNumber],100) AS Expr1

in place of

Iif(IsNull([MyNumber]),100,[MyNumber]) AS Expr1

I left the ] off the end of MyNumber the first time.

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