XL5: Syntax Errors Using Array Fields in MSQuery

ID: Q150375

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel version 5.0 5.0c

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SYMPTOMS

When running a query against a Progress database with an OpenLink driver (version 1.1010825) in Microsoft Query version 1.0, you may receive the following error message

   No reference to array fields without subscript in embedded SQL (1763)

followed by the following error message:

   Syntax error or access

CAUSE

The driver is returning this error message because of a syntax error in the SQL statement that the database receives.

WORKAROUND

WARNING: Microsoft has not tested the workaround and therefore cannot guarantee its results.

Place a backslash in front of any bracket that contains an array field. For example, the following statement would cause an error

   SELECT FieldName[1] FROM TableName

where the [1] indicates an element in an array composed of fields. The following line of code works:

   SELECT FieldName\[1] FROM TableName

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Keywords          : xlquery 
Version           : 5.0 5.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 3, 1997