MSQuery: Some ODBC Drivers Do Not Support Delete

ID: Q134684

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
Microsoft Query for Windows, version 1.0
ODBC Drivers
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Query for Windows 95, version 2.0
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Query 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Query, you cannot delete database records if you are using the ODBC drivers designed to access the following file formats:


   Microsoft Excel
   Text files

If you attempt to delete records from a file in either of these formats , you may receive the error message:

Feature not available

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Excel can use ODBC drivers to execute SQL queries on an external database. Using this capability, it is possible to perform actions on a database, such as Insert records, Update records, and Delete records.

The ODBC drivers shipped by Microsoft are all capable of performing the above operations, with the following exceptions:


   Microsoft Excel ODBC driver - no Delete
   Microsoft Text ODBC driver  - no Delete

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbtool xlquery
Version : 5.00 5.00c 7.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :