ACC: User with Full Permissions Cannot Change a Query

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

SYMPTOMS

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

After changing a query definition, you try to save the query but cannot, even though you have full permissions on the query and are a member of the Admins group.

CAUSE

Queries have a property called RunPermissions. You can see its setting in the Query Properties list. If it is set to Owner's, then only the owner of the query can save changes to the query's design. Allowing someone else to make changes would be a security violation.

RESOLUTION

To enable a user with Modify Definition permissions to save changes to a query, the user must first change the RunPermissions property setting to User's.

REFERENCES

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

For more information about the Run Permission property, search the Help Index for "runpermission," or ask the Microsoft Office 97 Office Assistant.