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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / October 2006Error message using Data/Forms
When I try to use Data/Forms to add records to an existing table, I get an error message, "Cannot extend list or database." This worksheet is not protected, and I can easily add records without using the Form feature. This particular table has 1100 records, and this workbook is relative large at about 5MB; is there a limit using Forms? I created a small test table and the Form feature worked fine, but I still get the error message every time I try to add a new record to my "real" table. I've looked in all my Excel 2003 books, tried Microsoft Help, and seached this forum, and I can't find anything to explain this error message. Thanks. Are the rows under the database completely empty? No formulas that evaluate to "", no nothing??? I'd try selecting those rows and then edit|clearcontents--just to check. > When I try to use Data/Forms to add records to an existing table, I get an > error message, "Cannot extend list or database." This worksheet is not [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks.  SignatureDave Peterson Thank you, Dave. Good call. A couple of columns in my table had lookup formulas, and that appearantly was the problem. Strangely enough, even though I deleted the formulas in those columns for all of the empty records, as I create each new record using the Excel Form, it automatically copied the formulas into those columns, just as if I had not cleared the contents of those cells. Amazing!! Are these things documented somewhere? Thanks again, Dave!!! > Are the rows under the database completely empty? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Thanks. Data|Form is pretty smart. But on the other hand, if you had formulas in your table and added more records, you'd be upset if those new records didn't behave like existing records (by having formulas in those fields). Well, I'd be! > Thank you, Dave. Good call. A couple of columns in my table had lookup > formulas, and that appearantly was the problem. Strangely enough, even though [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > Dave Peterson SignatureDave Peterson
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