Hi Guys, I'm a little surprised no one has any input. If I didn't explain the problem well please let me know as I'm still really curious about what could be causing this issue.
Thanks again, Gero On Mar 26, 5:17 pm, gerozi <gero.zimmerm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction on a problem > I'm having. I have an Excel 2003 spreadsheet with an external data > range (query table) that pulls data from an MS Access 2003 table. > This all works just fine, but about half the time I click the refresh > button the range loses it's query definition, and basically just > becomes a normal table without a link to the Access DB. > When it happens I'm able to just click undo (which un-does the > 'Refresh Data' action), and it goes back to being a query table. > > So my question is, how do I get it to stop losing the query > definition? I've made sure that I have the 'Save Query Definition' > box selected in the Data Range Properties. But like I've said, this > doesn't happen consistently so I'm not sure it could be a simple > setting. > Both the Excel and Access files are saved on a networked file server. > The file I'm working with has several worksheets all with a similar > setup but connecting to different Access tables, and the problem is > happening intermitantly on all sheets. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Gero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
