ACC: Cannot Perform OpenTable Method on Linked/Attached Table
ID: Q138769
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97
SYMPTOMS
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
If you try to open a recordset on a linked (attached) table by using the
dbOpenTable constant (or DB_OPEN_TABLE in version 2.0), you may receive the
following error message.
In Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97:
Run-time error '3219':
Invalid Operation.
In Microsoft Access 2.0:
Invalid Operation
In Microsoft Access 1.x:
Can't perform operation; it is illegal.
This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for
Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the
programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information
about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the
"Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.
NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications is called Access Basic in Microsoft
Access versions 1.x and 2.0. For more information about Access Basic,
please refer to the "Introduction to Programming" manual in Microsoft
Access version 1.x or the "Building Applications" manual in Microsoft
Access version 2.0.
RESOLUTION
In Microsoft Access 2.0, 7.0, and 97:
In Microsoft Access 2.0, 7.0, and 97, a linked table must be opened as the
Recordset object. The following code example assumes that you are linked
to the Customers table in the sample database Northwind.mdb, which resides
in the same folder as the database containing this code. The code opens the
Northwind.mdb file, which actually contains the Customers table. The code
then creates a recordset based on the Customers table.
Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97:
Public Function testLink()
Dim myDb As DATABASE, rstCustomers As Recordset
' Open the Northwind.mdb database.
Set myDb = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb")
' Create the recordset.
Set rstCustomers = myDb.OpenRecordset("Customers", dbOpenDynaset)
End Function
Microsoft Access 2.0:
Public Function testLink()
Dim myDb As DATABASE, rstCustomers As Recordset
' Open the Northwind.mdb database.
Set myDb = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase("Northwind.mdb")
' Create the recordset.
Set rstCustomers = myDb.OpenRecordset("Customers", DB_OPEN_DYNASET)
End Function
In Microsoft Access 1.x:
In Microsoft Access 1.x, an attached table must be opened as the Dynaset
object as shown in the following example:
DIM MyDB as Database
DIM MyDynaset as Dynaset
Set MyDB = OpenDatabase("NWIND.MDB")
Set MyDynaset = MyDB.CreateDynaset("Customers")
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATIONSteps to Reproduce Behavior
- Create a new, blank database in the same folder as the sample database
Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in versions 1.x and 2.0).
- In Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97, on the File menu, point to Get External
Data, and then click Link Tables.
In Microsoft Access 1.x and 2.0, on the File menu, click Attach Table.
- In Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97, in the Link dialog box, click
Northwind.mdb, and then click Link.
In Microsoft Access 1.x and 2.0, in the Attach dialog box, click
Microsoft Access, and then click OK. In the Select Microsoft Access
Database dialog box, click NWIND.MDB, and then click OK.
- In Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97, in the Link Tables dialog box, click the
Customers table, and then click OK.
In Microsoft Access 1.x and 2.0, in the Attach Tables dialog box, click
Customers, and then click Attach. When prompted that the table is
successfully attached, click OK, and then click Close.
- Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section
if it is not already there:
Option Explicit
- Type the following procedure:
Function Test()
Dim db as Database
Dim mySet as Recordset
' In versions 1.x and 2.0, dimension mySet as table.
' Dim mySet as table.
Set db = CurrentDB()
' Create the recordset based on the Customers table.
Set mySet = db.OpenRecordset("Customers", dbOpenTable)
' In version 2.0, use the following line to set mySet
' Set mySet = db.OpenRecordset("Customers",db_Open_Table).
' In version 1.x, use the following line to set mySet.
' Set mySet = db.OpenTable("Customers")
End function
- To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window (or
Immediate window in versions 1.x and 2.0), and then press ENTER:
? Test()
Note that you receive the error message described in the "Symptoms"
section.
REFERENCES
For more information about the OpenRecordset Method, search the Help
Index for "OpenRecordset."
For more information about how to use the Seek method with linked tables,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q131829 ACC: How to Use the Seek Method on Linked Tables
Additional query words:
Keywords : kberrmsg kbprg PgmObj
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,2.0,7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
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