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Merging with Access - query invisible
I've got a database with a variety of queries. I want to
do a mailmerge, but when I go to connect the list not all of the queries are present. What would cause one query not to show outside the database itself? |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
Hi Jeff,
I've got a database with a variety of queries. I want to do a mailmerge, but when I go to connect the list not all of the queries are present. What would cause one query not to show outside the database itself? The answer to this does depend on a certain extent to the version of Office involved. Unfortunately, you don't mention that... The usual cause is that the type of query is not supported by the selected mail merge connection method. Or permissions are lacking (you're not the "owner", for example) so it's excluded from the list. If you tell us which version you're using, and go into the SQL view of the query and copy/paste the SQL into your reply, we may be able to give you a more accurate explanation. (Or perhaps not, depending :-)) you might also try using a different connection method (DDE) if this is Word 2002 or 2003. More information in the Word 2002 section of my website's mail merge FAQ... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
Thanks for your response. I'm using 2003. I've tried
looking at what is different in the query that doesn't show up in the list. I has a computed field, which the others don't have. Certainly that wouldn't make it incompatible with mail merge, would it? Thanks again for your help. -----Original Message----- Hi Jeff, I've got a database with a variety of queries. I want to do a mailmerge, but when I go to connect the list not all of the queries are present. What would cause one query not to show outside the database itself? The answer to this does depend on a certain extent to the version of Office involved. Unfortunately, you don't mention that... The usual cause is that the type of query is not supported by the selected mail merge connection method. Or permissions are lacking (you're not the "owner", for example) so it's excluded from the list. If you tell us which version you're using, and go into the SQL view of the query and copy/paste the SQL into your reply, we may be able to give you a more accurate explanation. (Or perhaps not, depending :-)) you might also try using a different connection method (DDE) if this is Word 2002 or 2003. More information in the Word 2002 section of my website's mail merge FAQ... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e- :-) . |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for your response. I'm using 2003. I've tried looking at what is different in the query that doesn't show up in the list. I has a computed field, which the others don't have. Certainly that wouldn't make it incompatible with mail merge, would it? Unfortunately, that is the case with the OLE DB default for Word 2002/2003. You need to use DDE or ODBC, in this case. How to do that is in website location mentioned in my last posting. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
Thanks a lot for your help. I'd have floundered with this
for a looooong time! Best, Jeff -----Original Message----- Hi Jeff, Thanks for your response. I'm using 2003. I've tried looking at what is different in the query that doesn't show up in the list. I has a computed field, which the others don't have. Certainly that wouldn't make it incompatible with mail merge, would it? Unfortunately, that is the case with the OLE DB default for Word 2002/2003. You need to use DDE or ODBC, in this case. How to do that is in website location mentioned in my last posting. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e- :-) . |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
Cindy, the link on your website about using the old Mail
Merge Dialog Box is broken. http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...PrevVe02.htm#D lgMHelp Nancy -----Original Message----- Thanks a lot for your help. I'd have floundered with this for a looooong time! Best, Jeff -----Original Message----- Hi Jeff, Thanks for your response. I'm using 2003. I've tried looking at what is different in the query that doesn't show up in the list. I has a computed field, which the others don't have. Certainly that wouldn't make it incompatible with mail merge, would it? Unfortunately, that is the case with the OLE DB default for Word 2002/2003. You need to use DDE or ODBC, in this case. How to do that is in website location mentioned in my last posting. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e- :-) . . |
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Merging with Access - query invisible
-----Original Message----- Thanks for your response. I'm using 2003. I've tried looking at what is different in the query that doesn't show up in the list. I has a computed field, which the others don't have. Certainly that wouldn't make it incompatible with mail merge, would it? Thanks again for your help. -----Original Message----- Hi Jeff, I've got a database with a variety of queries. I want to do a mailmerge, but when I go to connect the list not all of the queries are present. What would cause one query not to show outside the database itself? The answer to this does depend on a certain extent to the version of Office involved. Unfortunately, you don't mention that... The usual cause is that the type of query is not supported by the selected mail merge connection method. Or permissions are lacking (you're not the "owner", for example) so it's excluded from the list. If you tell us which version you're using, and go into the SQL view of the query and copy/paste the SQL into your reply, we may be able to give you a more accurate explanation. (Or perhaps not, depending :-)) you might also try using a different connection method (DDE) if this is Word 2002 or 2003. More information in the Word 2002 section of my website's mail merge FAQ... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e- :-) .I am running into a similar problem. I will only see the queries that do not use link tables. Any queries using linked tables are invisible. This is true for the tables themselves. Linked table invisible. I am using Word 2003 to merge with data from Access 97. When both products are Office 97 this was not an issue. Help! . |
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