UT1x: Upsizing Wizard Incorrectly Converts Extended Characters

ID: Q124409

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access Upsizing Tools 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Access Upsizing Tools Upsizing Wizard to transfer tables from Microsoft Access version 2.0 to Microsoft SQL Server, certain extended ASCII characters in table or field names are not transferred as underscore characters as they should be. When the Upsizing Wizard creates items such as triggers, rules, and defaults for these tables or fields, however, it refers to the underscore character that should have been used, instead of to the extended character. For example, if you have a table with a counter field named


<accented A>bracadabra

the INSERT trigger will reference the field as


   _bracadabra

even though the field will still be named:


<accented A>bracadabra

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, replace the extended characters in table or field names with an underscore character in Microsoft Access before you transfer the tables to Microsoft SQL Server. Characters with a value greater than 128 can exhibit this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Access Upsizing Tools version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage AutPrb
Version : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug