ACC97: "Import Data from Spreadsheet" Help Topic Incorrect

Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q165037

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

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

The Microsoft Access 97 Help Topic "Import or Link Data from a spreadsheet" states the following about appending spreadsheet data to an existing table:

   Although you normally create a new table in Microsoft Access for the
   data, you can also append the data to an existing table as long as your
   spreadsheet column headings match the table's field names, or its
   column order is the same.

This information is incorrect. To append a spreadsheet that you are importing into Microsoft Access to an existing table, you must have matching column headings for the fields. Having the same column order is not sufficient.

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Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbdocerr

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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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