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SetWarnings off in MS Access 2007

Asked by: tparvaiz

I am trying to set any notifications off when using a macro (such as notification to create a table, etc)... but in Access 2007 when I entered SetWarnings in action field it gave me an error message "The Text you entered isn't an item in the list"....

Please advice

Thanks

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2009-11-02 at 08:55:58ID24864260
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Answers

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:02:12ID: 25721154

"when I entered SetWarnings"
Is that not in the drop down list ?

 

by: tparvaizPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:03:19ID: 25721167

no it's not

 

by: tparvaizPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:04:22ID: 25721187

is it possible that my organization might have disabled it... I doubt though

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:12:04ID: 25721263

"organization might have disabled it."
I don't think Access is that granular wherein that specific item in that list could be removed.   I don't have A2007 loaded, but this all does sound a tad familiar.

You can get around this in vba code .. with a much safer approach anyway than using SetWarnings ... which is dangerous in general and can mask errors that you don't want masked.

mx

 

by: INHOUSERESPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:18:07ID: 25721319

instead of docmd.RunSQL, use VBA and have:

Dim db as Database
Set db = CurrentDB

mySQL = "UPDATE....."
db.execute mySQL

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:25:49ID: 25721399

Let me suggest a safer way ... that gets away from the SetWarnings False - which can have many undesirable ramifications.  

The problem with SetWarnings False is ... if one (or more) of the queries fail for *whatever* unexpected reason ... you will never know this because SetWarnings False masks out *all* errors, which can lead to you *thinking* that everything ran ok, when in fact it did not.

The approach below has two advantages:

1) You do not get the warning prompts - just like if you use SetWarnings False ... AND ...
2) If an Error DOES occur, it will be trapped and you can act accordingly.

Private Sub btnRunQry_Click()
   
    On Error GoTo btnRunQry_Click_Error
    CurrentDb.Execute "SomeActionQuery1", dbFailOnError
    CurrentDb.Execute "SomeActionQuery2", dbFailOnError
    MsgBox "Operation completed successfully!"

btnRunQry_Click_Exit:
    Err.Clear
    Exit Sub

btnRunQry_Click_Error:
   MsgBox "An error occurred:" & vbCrLf & Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description
   GoTo btnRunQry_Click_Exit
End Sub

******

Another problem with SetWarnings False is ... if you *forget* to execute SetWarnings True ... OR ... some other error does occur and SetWarnings True does not get execute ... you have a big problem ... because, False stays in effect unit you close and reopen Access.  

So, for example if you are working in design view of say a form (or table, etc) ... and you make some changes ... and hit Save ... you are NOT prompted for 'Do you want to save these changes ...". I will just silently save the changes ... which may NOT be what you wanted to do!!


mx

 

by: pco_pfPosted on 2009-11-02 at 11:58:30ID: 25723083

SetWarnings is hidden by default. There is a button "Show all Actions" in the design tab of the ribbon to show the "dangerous" actions.  

 

by: tparvaizPosted on 2009-11-02 at 12:00:39ID: 25723111

When I ran the code but got following error message

"
An error occurred:
3146
ODBC--call failed.
"

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-02 at 12:15:51ID: 25723272

"When I ran the code but got following error message"

What code?  Mine?

And if so, at what line?

mx

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2009-11-26 at 07:58:18ID: 25916158

sigh

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