WD97: Errors When Using ODBC to Insert Microsoft Excel Worksheet (160734)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q160734 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to insert a Microsoft Excel worksheet into a Word
document
or when you attempt to attach a Microsoft Excel worksheet as a data
document to a mail merge main document using the Microsoft Excel ODBC
driver, you receive one of the following error messages:
Word was unable to open the data source.
-or-
Open Database Connectivity Error: Syntax error in query. Incomplete
query clause.
When you click the Details button, you receive the following message:
ODBC Error: [Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver] Syntax error in query.
Incomplete query clause.
SQL State: S1000
Return Code: SQL_Error
CAUSE
You did not select a worksheet from the Select Table dialog box. (To
locate
this dialog box, click to select the Select Method check box in the Open
Data Source dialog box, select the Excel Files via ODBC (*.xls) driver in
the Confirm Data Source dialog box, and then click OK.)
WORKAROUND
Use the following procedure to insert a Microsoft Excel worksheet as a
database in Word:
NOTE: Be sure that the Microsoft Excel ODBC driver is installed before you
follow this next procedure. If the Microsoft Excel ODBC driver is not
installed, re-run Setup and install the ODBC driver.
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Database.
The Database toolbar appears.
- Click the Insert Database button on the Database toolbar.
- Click the Get Data button.
- Select the Microsoft Excel workbook you want to open, click to select
the Select Method check box, and then click Open.
- In the Confirm Data Source dialog box, under Open Data Source, select
"Excel Files via ODBC (*.xls)," and then click OK.
- In the Select Table dialog box, click Options.
- In the Table Options dialog box, click to select the System Tables
check box, and then click OK.
- In the Select Table dialog box, under Table, select the worksheet you
want to insert, and then click OK.
NOTE: Each sheet name is appended with a dollar sign ($) symbol, such
as Sheet1$, Sheet2$, and so forth.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbinterop kbmerge kbualink97 KB160734 |
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