Re: MS Access problems - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: MS Access problems
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Msg-id web-1081100@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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In response to MS Access problems  (Fabio Nanni <f.nanni@albourne.com>)
List 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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