KB173522 - XL97: Error Adding Field to Query Using Query Wizard

Article ID: 173522

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Query 2000

This article was previously published under Q173522

SYMPTOMS

When you add a field to your query in the Query Wizard, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following

<Table>.<Column> is not a column of an inserted table, updated table, or any table identified in a FROM clause.

where <Table> is the name of the table you are working with and <Field> is the name of the field that you are trying to add.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

You have created a correlation name or alias for a table that is the same as the name of an existing table in your database. -and-
You are using the Query Wizard to build your query.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2). For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

To work around the problem temporarily, click to clear the "Use the Query wizard to create/edit queries" check box in the Choose Data Source dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Query 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Query may build a query with an improper alias preceding the column name.

For Example the improper SQL syntax created is:

   SELECT MSQRY32.COL1
   FROM DBO.MSQRY32 MSQRY32_0

The Expected Results are:

   SELECT MSQRY32_0.COL1
   FROM DBO.MSQRY32 MSQRY32_0

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