>Thanks for these two quick replies. I feel the answer is staring me in the face now, but I'm still not seeing it.
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>I don't know why, but I still get the automated 'Select Database' messagebox asking me to locate the MDB table with the following (stripped down) code...
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>constring = "DBQ=<path&filename>;Driver={Driver do Microsoft Access (*.mdb)};DriverId=25;FIL=MS Access;MaxBufferSize=2048;MaxScanRows=8"
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>sqlHandler = SQLSTRINGCONNECT(constring)
>select * from data1!MsAccess1
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>note:
>path&filename _is_ correctly pointing to the mdb.
>databasename is data1
>remote view is called MsAccess1
constring = "DBQ="+path+filename+";Driver={Driver do Microsoft Access (*.mdb)};DriverId=25;FIL=MS
MessageBox(constring)
...
Are you see correct string?
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