PRB: ASP: "The Query is Not Updateable..." Error when Updating

• Microsoft Active Server Pages, versions 1.0, 1.0b
• Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

One of the following errors occurs when updating a table record from an Active Server Pages (ASP) page through ADO's Recordset.update method:

   Source:  Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
   Error Number:  -2147467259
   Description:  The query is not updateable because the from clause is
   not a single simple table name. This may be caused by an attempt to
   update a non-primary table in a view.

   -OR-

   Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
   [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid column name
   '<a column from your table>'.
   /<your asp file>.asp, line xxx

CAUSE

The following conditions cause this error to occur:

1. You have created a query that contains more than one table.

2. You are updating the records returned by this query and the update affects fields in more than one table.

RESOLUTION

Process one table's fields independently from another. Issue an Update after each table's fields have been modified. For example, in the code sample below, the "cmdTemp.CommandText" property holds the one-to-many query and the fields of parent table are updated independently of the child table.

   <Object creation code removed for clarity>
                 .
                 .
                 .
   cmdTemp.CommandText = "SELECT stores.state, sales.qty FROM sales INNER
   JOIN stores ON sales.stor_id = stores.stor_id"
                 .
                 .
                 .
   'update parent table first
   Datacommand1("state")="WA"
   Datacommand1.update

   'now update child table
   Datacommand1("qty")=4
   Datacommand1.update

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base artices and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Keywords          : VIASP
Technology        : kbInetDev
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0; WINNT:1.0,1.0b
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbprb