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ACC97: "Import Data from Spreadsheet" Help Topic Incorrect

Article ID: 165037

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007


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SUMMARY

The Microsoft Access 97 Help Topic "Import or Link Data from a spreadsheet" states the following about appending spreadsheet data to an existing table:
   Although you normally create a new table in Microsoft Access for the
   data, you can also append the data to an existing table as long as your
   spreadsheet column headings match the table's field names, or its
   column order is the same.
				

This information is incorrect. To append a spreadsheet that you are importing into Microsoft Access to an existing table, you must have matching column headings for the fields. Having the same column order is not sufficient.

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