DOCUMENT:Q155291 08-APR-2000 [accother] TITLE :DBWEB: Updates Not Working Using Default dbWeb Documents PRODUCT :Microsoft Access Distribution Kit PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.1 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft dbWeb, version 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When using the dbWeb default HTML update document, if you click the Submit Update button, a blank screen appears on your browser and no success or failure message is displayed for the update. When you look in the underlying table for the update, you notice that the data has not been changed. CAUSE ===== The new caching functionality built into dbWeb version 1.1 caused the updates not to work properly. RESOLUTION ========== To work around this problem, create a custom DBX to perform the update. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft dbWeb version 1.1. This problem does not occur in dbWeb versions 1.0 or 1.1a. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Problem -------------------------- 1. Start the dbWeb Administrator. 2. Highlight the Employees schema, and then click Modify Schema. 3. Click the Schema tab, and then click to select the Update check box under "Allow actions on data." 4. Click the Tabular tab, highlight the Employees.Employee ID field, and then click the Properties button. 5. In the properties sheet, select Column Properties. 6. Click the Automatic Link URL property, and then click the Build button (the button with three dots). 7. Click the Link Type tab, and in the "Automatic Link from (Employees.Employee ID)" dialog box, select Drill Down. 8. Click the Information tab, and then click the New Criteria button. 9. In the "Automatic Link Drill Down" dialog box, click Employee ID, and then click OK. 10. In the "Automatic Link from (Employees.Employee ID)" dialog box, click OK. 11. Close the properties sheet, and then click Apply. 12. Click the Ins/Upd/Del tab, and click the Employees table in the "Data columns in selected tables." 13. Click the Add All button. NOTE: You will receive an error that states "Photo is a binary object. Binary large object fields are not supported." Updates, Inserts, or Deletes don't support binary large objects. Click the OK button to continue. 14. In the "Update data columns" section, click the Employees.Employee ID field, and then click Properties. 15. In the properties sheet, select Column Properties. 16. Click the Key property, and then click "Key (counter)." 17. Close the properties sheet, and then click Apply. 18. Open your internet browser and type the URL to the Employees schema. Drill down to just one record. Make sure you click to select the Update option, and then click the Submit button. Change the record, and then click Submit Update. Note that your browser returns a blank page with no errors. If you view the source for the page (if your browser is capable), you'll see that the only tag on the page is </HTML>. REFERENCES ========== For more information about DBXs, search for "DBX," and then "Specifying Custom Format Files" using the Microsoft dbWeb 1.1 Help Search for Help on. For more information about DBX tags, search for "DBX tag formats," and then "DBX tag formats" using the Microsoft dbWeb 1.1 Help Search for Help on. For more information about DBX editor, search for "DBX editor," and then "DBX Editor" using the Microsoft dbWeb 1.1 Help Search for Help on. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbdbWebSearch kbdbWeb110 Version : WINDOWS:1.1 Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.