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Access Front / SQL Back - create view

I have an access front end and a SQL back end.

I have a MailMerge that uses a dynamically Query from the access database

I want to create a button to open the mailmerge document and run it, but so far, when I do, it tells me it cannot run it because the access database is locked.

I figure I can get around this by having the Access front end create a view and run the mailmerge against the view instead of the query.

But I don't know how to create a new view via VBA code in the access database. Can anyone guide me?

Thanks!

Kelvin Sparks

If you get a message that the database is locked, you're unlikely to be able to create a view. Can you select from the tables in question - if so, create a local Access query and use that. Alternately, create a pass-through-query - behaves like a view but you manage it from within Access. You can create the SQL locally (use SQL Server syntax), and set the sql in the same was as a dynamic query in Access.

I'd create a pass through query manually the first time (use properties to create the connection - accept the default connection) and save it - then just edit the sql on the fly from vba as you work.

Kelvin

Lee W, MVP

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Thing is, the Access database opens, I create the Query, then use VBA to open the Word doc. Or open the word doc manually, But with an access database being accessed through ODBC, I figure that Word shouldn't have a problem opening the view.

I'm not familiar with Pass through Queries. Will definitely check that out. My current alternative is to have the query exported to an excel file and then have the word doc use that... not ideal in my opinion, but might be workable.

Kelvin Sparks

I must admit, that use the other way around and have Access open word and push the data into book marks in Word. It's years since I used Word as the driver, for much the reasons that you describe. I just found it too hard. I do try to keep the vba Object related rather than setting a reference to Word and then getting a customer with the wrong version of Word.

Kelvin

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Lee W, MVP

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Thanks Helen, but I'm concerned - that's old stuff and the old stuff worked fine for this client... the DDE stuff... The query they had been using in word prompted for two user defined field values... that broke in 2007 or 2010... maybe earlier. There's a kind of fix in a checkbox in General, but I'm trying to avoid that....

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Helen Feddema

DDE is very, very old -- pre-VBA Automation. Any code that uses DDE should definitely be upgraded.