Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 1826

• Include a
TIMESTAMP
portability, do not use a length specification in the column declaration (which is unsupported within
MySQL in versions earlier than 4.1).
• Include a primary key
may show up as #DELETED#.
• Use only float fields. Access fails when comparing with single-precision floats. The symptom
DOUBLE
usually is that new or updated rows may show up as
rows.
• If you are using Connector/ODBC to link to a table that has a
displayed as #DELETED#. The work around solution is:
• Have one more dummy column with
• Select the
Change BIGINT columns to INT
Administrator.
• Delete the table link from Access and re-create it.
Old records may still display as #DELETED#, but newly added/updated records are displayed
properly.
• If you still get the error
column, the following trick may help you:
Do not use a
table
data sheet view. Set the
form
Consider hiding the
TIMESTAMP
• In some cases, Access may generate SQL statements that MySQL cannot understand. You can fix
this by selecting
"Query|SQLSpecific|Pass-Through"
• On Windows NT, Access reports
columns instead, change
• Access cannot always handle the MySQL
change the columns to DATETIME.
• If you have in Access a column defined as BYTE, Access tries to export this as
UNSIGNED. This gives you problems if you have values larger than 127 in the column.
TINYINT
• If you have very large (long) tables in Access, it might take a very long time to open them. Or you
might run low on virtual memory and eventually get an
cannot open. To deal with this, select the following options:
• Return Matching Rows (2)
• Allow BIG Results (8).
These add up to a value of 10 (OPTION=10).
Some external articles and tips that may be useful when using Access, ODBC and Connector/ODBC:
• Read How to Trap ODBC Login Error Messages in Access
• Optimizing Access ODBC Applications
• Optimizing for Client/Server Performance
• Tips for Converting Applications to Using ODBCDirect
Connector/ODBC Notes and Tips
column in all tables that you want to be able to update. For maximum
in each MySQL table you want to use with Access. If not, new or updated rows
TIMESTAMP
Another user has changed your data
data sheet view. Instead, create a form with the fields you want, and use that
DefaultValue
column from view so your users are not confused.
columns as
BLOB
columns to
BLOB
DATE
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#DELETED#
BIGINT
as the data type.
option in the connection dialog in ODBC DSN
property for the
TIMESTAMP
from the Access menu.
OBJECTS. If you want to have
OLE
with
TEXT ALTER TABLE.
column properly. If you have a problem with these,
ODBC Query Failed
or that you cannot find or update
column, the results are
after adding a
TIMESTAMP
column to
NOW()
MEMO
TINYINT
error and the table
[926].
instead of