ACC: SQL Server Views Read-Only When Attached

Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
Article ID: Q98786

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97
Microsoft SQL Server versions 1.x, 4.2, 6.0, 6.5

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

Microsoft SQL Server supports updatable views. Microsoft Access can only link (attach) these views as read-only because SQL Server views do not have indexes. Microsoft Access requires a unique index on the linked object for update/delete/insert capability.

For more information about Microsoft Access and updating linked SQL Server tables, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q90100
   TITLE:      ACC1X: Remote ODBC Tables Are Read-Only Without a Unique
               Index

   ARTICLE-ID: Q112131
   TITLE:      ACC: Creating Virtual Indexes with SQL Data-definition
                    Queries

Additional query words: sql server attach table view vbwin
Keywords : kbusage OdbcOthr
Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : X86
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
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