Hi Cindy,
 Thanks for you reply.

I have set up an ODBC driver to connect to an Informix database. I can
successfully connect and query a table in the Informix database from
within Access and Excel. I'm having the problem when trying to connect
to the same database/table from WORD: Here are the steps I am taking:

In WORD:

1. Click on  Insert Database Button
2. Click on "Get Data"
3. Click on "Connect New Data Source
4. Click on "OLE DB FIles" then click on OK
5. Click on "ODBC DSN"
6. A list of datasources will then be displayed and I click on "sis2"
which is the same source I use in Access and Excel
7. I then get a list of tables in my Informix database
8. When I click on the same table name I use in Access & Excel I get
the following error message:
    Word Unable to open data source

Couple of observations:
1. In WORD, if I click on the "Open DataSource" Button I get a list of
datasource names.
2. If I then right click on the datasource name I want, I get the
options to
 Analyze in Excel  and Open in a Browser.

If I choose to Analyze in Excel,  Excel opens and the records from the
Informix table is displayed

If I choose to Open in a Browser, MSIE opens but I get the error:
Command contained one or more errors. Query could not be processed

Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong??
Thanks,
Jeff