Re: Access 2000 and empty fields

The same question comes up in the MySQL email list.  Apparently if you get the service pack for Office 2000 and the
latestMDAC from the microsoft website, this problem is fixed.
 



>I'm having problems using Access 2000 and Postgresql.
>I am linking tables using the ODBC driver.
>
>In Access's table view, you can update fields of rows which contain no
>empty fields fine.
>
>However, if any of the rows fields are empty, it won't let you change it
>at all.
>message box title: "Write Conflict"
>description: "This record has been changed by another user since you
>started editing it.  If you save the record, you will overwrite
>the changes the other user made." 
>buttons: "Copy to Clipboard" and "Drop Changes".
>
>I've been told, although I haven't tried it myself, that Access 97 works
>ok. 
>
>Is this a problem with Access 2000, the ODBC driver or Postgresql itself,
>and is there any way of fixing/working around this problem?
>
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>Phil Davey 
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