XL: Error: Opening Query Failed Accessing Oracle
ID: Q116010
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
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Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
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Microsoft Query for Windows 95, version 2.0
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Microsoft Query for Windows, version 1.0
SYMPTOMS
When you choose Get External Data from the Data menu to get data from an
Oracle database, you may receive following error message in Microsoft
Excel:
Opening Query Failed
CAUSE
This error message may occur in Microsoft Excel when you attempt to get
data from an Oracle database, and you include any of the following
operators in the SQL Statement that requests the data:
Minus
Intersect
Union
Substring
WORKAROUND
Although there is no direct workaround for this problem, you may be able to
get the desired results with joins rather than using the operators
mentioned above (joins behave similarly to the SQL operators that generate
the error message).
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- In Microsoft Excel, choose Get External Data from the Data menu.
This command will start Microsoft Query.
- In Microsoft Query, choose New Query from the File menu.
- In the Select Data Source dialog box, select the Oracle data source, and
choose the Close button to close the New Query dialog box.
- Open a saved .QRY file that contains any of the following operators:
Minus
Intersect
Union
Substring.
- From the File menu, choose Return Data To Microsoft Excel.
- In the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, do either of the following:
- Double-click the returned data
-or-
- With the cursor in the result set, choose Get External Data from the
Data menu, and then choose Edit Query.
The following error message will appear:
Opening Query Failed
Additional query words:
5.00a 5.00c 7.00a back end backend retrieve
Keywords : xlquery
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :
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