XL97: Query Is Not Updated When File Is Opened
Article ID: 184388
Article Last Modified on 10/19/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q184388
SYMPTOMS
When you open a file that contains a saved query, the query is not updated.
As a result, the region of the worksheet that contains the query is blank.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
- You have saved a query in your worksheet.
-and-
- You click "Refresh data on file open" in the External Data Range
Properties dialog box.
-and-
- You click "Remove external data from worksheet before saving" in the
External Data Range Properties dialog box.
-and-
- You save the file in the "Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook" file format.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- Select a cell in the region of the worksheet that contains the query.
- On the Data menu, click Refresh Data.
The worksheet is populated with the result set from the query. The
worksheet is populated with the result set from your query the next time
that you open the file. However, the query is not updated the next time you
open the file.
The "Refresh data on file open" and "Remove external data from worksheet
before saving" commands are not available in earlier versions of Microsoft
Excel. As a result, these features are not available when you save the file
in the "Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook" file format.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: XL97
Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB184388