Error upon exporting results of query to text file

Using Access 2000 and Windows XP Professional



I have a query that, when executed, returns a substantial number of
rows. This is exported to a tab delimited text file to be used in
correlation with other software. I've exported the results of the query
numerous times. Now, all of a sudden, when trying to export to a text
file, I get a "Permission denied" error with nothing more than an "OK"
button.

What could be causing this? The only change made to the query in the
midst of all the exporting is a change in the date range criteria.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Rita Brasher
Project Engineer
FedEx Express

On 12/16/2009 10:40 AM, Rita Brasher wrote:
Using Access 2000 and Windows XP Professional



I have a query that, when executed, returns a substantial number of
rows. This is exported to a tab delimited text file to be used in
correlation with other software. I've exported the results of the query
numerous times. Now, all of a sudden, when trying to export to a text
file, I get a "Permission denied" error with nothing more than an "OK"
button.

What could be causing this? The only change made to the query in the
midst of all the exporting is a change in the date range criteria.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Rita Brasher
Project Engineer
FedEx Express
Make sure you can write to that text file. Does it exist? Delete it
before you do your export. Try exporting it to a file on the local
drive at the root. Most of the time when I run into things like this,
it is not directly an issue with Access.

Phil