ACC97: Problems May Occur When a Computer's Name Is Longer Than 15 Characters

ID: Q242476

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 97

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

SYMPTOMS

You may experience problems with the Microsoft Jet database engine version 3.5 on computers that have a computer name that is longer than 15 characters.

CAUSE

Microsoft Jet 3.5 was not designed to work on a computer whose computer name is longer than 15 characters.

RESOLUTION

Change the computer name so that name has 15 or fewer characters.

NOTE: This limit has been increased to 47 characters in Microsoft Jet 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Version 4.0 of the Jet database engine is included in Microsoft Access 2000.

Additional query words: greater exceeds fifteen prb more than bigger

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb