[Micronet] Access 97 problem

From: Chris Hoffman (chris_h@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 10:15:48 PST

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    Hi,

    We have a student working on an Access 97 database, and he's encountered
    some odd behavior. Though the problem started occurring after importing
    data, we believe the data are clean (though we're still looking at that
    possibility). The error messages listed below also don't seem to 100%
    predictable. When we copy the Access files to another computer, the errors
    pop up at different times or in a different order, or sometimes the program
    seems to work fine. One other piece of information: The Access file began
    life as an Access 2000 file (at UCLA) and was then downgraded to Access 97.
     We're ordering Office 2000 to see if the problem goes away. Has anyone
    come across this kind of behavior in Access?

    Thanks,
    Chris Hoffman
    Grad Div, 3-2534
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    Problems with Access 97 Database

    We have a form that allows the user to create labels and memos based on
    several selection criteria that draw the data from two tables that are
    linked together by a unique ID number. Both of these tables have about
    14000 records, with 30+ columns in each table.

    Before all of the 14000 records were imported from another database, the
    current memo/label form would work correctly when only 6 hand entered
    records were in the two tables. Upon importing the 14000 records the form
    stopped working entirely. The data was imported several different times to
    make sure the import process went correctly but with no resolving of the
    problem. All of the table properties were checked to make sure that they
    were all the same as before.

    The following errors occur when the form is being run.

    Unhandled error #3061 Too few parameters. Expected 1.
    Unhandled error #91 Object variable or With block variable not set.

    Then it says: "The criteria you selected returned no records. Try using
    less selective criteria."
    These errors occur even when there are no restrictions put on the data
    selection, in other words, even when I want it to make labels for every
    record it gives me this error.

    At other times it will give an error that says:
    Unhandled error #5922 Word was unable to open the data source.

    Both the labels and the memos have Microsoft Word templates generated on
    the fly when the form is run, and the data from Access is put into a text
    file that is saved on to the C: drive and then merged into the templates by
    Word. Even if I go in be hand and choose to merge the files into Word and
    click on the specific text file it says "Word was unable to open the data
    source." But these files have perfectly valid information in them and can
    be opened by themselves just fine.

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