But then a funny thing happened. When I refreshed the view, the records
changed from "#Deleted" to all the data I put in, and the serial field was
filled in with the correct value. How do I stop that from happening?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Dunford [mailto:dunfordsoft@clear.net.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, 11 February 2001 14:59
> To: PostgreSQL List
> Subject: ODBC driver issue in MS Access
>
>
> I installed the ODBC driver for Postgre, and linked in a table
> which has a Serial field for the primary key. In MS Access, the
> type is shown as just "Number (long integer)".
>
> When I try to add new records to my database in Access, I don't
> put anything into the key field because the server is supposed to
> generate it automatically. But when my record is sent back to the
> server, it rejects it and Access displays "#Deleted" in all of
> the fields. Is this because Postgre can't fill in the key field
> and so rejects it as an integrity constraint violation? I don't
> get any errors from Access.
>
> Should my database create its own key values and store them itself?
>
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