Microsoft Query Error Message "Cannot Access Table" (107835)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Query
This article was previously published under Q107835 SUMMARY
If you attempt to access a dBASE table from Microsoft Query when the
file name extension of the dBASE file has been changed to something other
than .DBF, you will receive the following error message
Cannot Access Table <path\file name>
where <path\file name> is the full path and file name of the table you want
to open.
MORE INFORMATION
This error message occurs when file names are filtered by the common dialog
dynamic link library (COMMDLG.DLL).
In Microsoft Query, when a file name ends with an extension other than
.DBF, Microsoft Query executes the ODBC SQLColumns function on that file.
If you manually change the filter in the Add Tables dialog box to All Files
(*.*) and then attempt to open a file, Microsoft Query will use the
SQLColumns function to send that file name. Sending the file name this way
results in the NO_DATA_FOUND error. This ODBC error results in the error
message "Cannot Access Table".
To avoid this error, make certain all .DBF tables end with a .DBF
extension.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/15/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB107835 |
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