Try changing the connection method. To do this, check the "Confirm
conversions at Open" box under Tools>Options>General.

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> A good number of my documents seem to have a problem with
> holding their data source location. Every time I open
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> query which it is merged shows a positive amount. Why
> isn't it merging properly?
I have them all as OLE right now. What should I switch
them to, DDE? The only annoyance with DDE is that it
takes forever to do a Find Record and that it opens
another copy of Access.
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>Try changing the connection method. To do this, check the "Confirm
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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 24 Jun 2004 10:34 GMT
> I have them all as OLE right now. What should I switch
> them to, DDE? The only annoyance with DDE is that it
> takes forever to do a Find Record and that it opens
> another copy of Access.
Does ODBC give you reliable results? That would be faster
than DDE, but avoids many of the problems OLE DB has.
Cindy Meister
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