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* MS Access problems
@ 2000-08-18 21:27 Fabio Nanni <f.nanni@albourne.com>
2000-08-19 00:52 ` Re: MS Access problems Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Fabio Nanni @ 2000-08-18 21:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-interfaces
Hello all,
I have two problems in accessing a psql database via MS-Access-ODBC, and
I cannot find anything similar on the mailing list. I am a novice to
psql and ODBC, has anybody perhaps faced these problems?
The configuration was:
Client side:
- MS Access 97 SR-2 running on NT 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 6)
- odbc driver version: 6.50.0000
Server side:
- postgresql database, version: 7.0.0
The problems are:
1. when linking a table, Access is unable to find automatically the
primary key and raises a dialog asking me to specify it.
I attached the tracelog file due to the linking of the table below:
Table "currencies"
Attribute | Type | Modifier
------------+---------+----------------------
curr | char(3) | not null
curr_name | text | not null
curr_quote | boolean | not null default '1'
Index: currencies_pkey
2. Access is unable to discover automatically
relations and foreign keys in the database.
Many thanks in advance
Fabio
Attachments:
psqlodbc.log.gz (application/x-gzip, 2.3K) download
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* Re: MS Access problems
2000-08-18 21:27 MS Access problems Fabio Nanni <f.nanni@albourne.com>
@ 2000-08-19 00:52 ` Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2000-08-19 00:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-interfaces
Mr. Nanni,
> The problems are:
> 1. when linking a table, Access is unable to find
> automatically the
> primary key and raises a dialog asking me to specify
> it.
This is an MS Access problem. Access is rarely able to
automatically discern primary or foriegn keys in ODBC
databases. I have the same problem with attaching MS SQL
Server tables, which are supposedly 100% compatible.
> 2. Access is unable to discover automatically
> relations and foreign keys in the database.
See Above.
You're going to have to settle for specifying the primary
key on creation of the linked table, and re-creating the
foriegn keys on the client side, or simply coding in the
referential integrity.
-Josh Berkus
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