ACC: Make-Table Query Does Not Copy All Table Properties

• Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you run a make-table query to create a new table, the table does not inherit all the properties from the table on which the query is based.

CAUSE

When you run a make-table query, the new table inherits the data type and FieldSize property of each field in the query's underlying table, but not the other field or table properties.

RESOLUTION

To create a table that has the same properties as another table, use the Copy and Paste commands.

To use the Copy and Paste commands, follow these steps:

1. In the Database window, select the table you want to copy.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

4. In the Table Name box, type a name for the new table.

5. Under Paste Options, select either the Structure Only or the Structure And Data option button, and then click OK.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in versions 1.x and 2.0), and create the following query based on the Categories table:

         Query: Copy Category Table
         --------------------------
         Type: Select
         Field: CategoryID
         Field: CategoryName
         Field: Description
         Field: Picture
   

   NOTE: In versions 1.x and 2.0, there is a space in Category ID and in Category Name.

2. On the Query menu, click Make Table, and then in the Table Name box, type "Categories (MkTbl)" (without the quotation marks). Click OK.

3. Save the query as Copy Category Table.

4. Run the Copy Category Table query.

5. View the Categories table in Design view. Note that fields have text specified for their Description property and have values specified for other field properties.

6. View the Categories (MkTbl) table in Design view. Note that the text specified for the Description property and the values specified for other field properties in the Categories table were not inherited by this table.

REFERENCES

For more information about make table queries, search the Help Index for "make table queries," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.