You are correct, lack of primary key could be the culprit. I recommend a
TIMESTAMP(14) and an AUTO_INCREMENT in every table. Most MS ACCESS worries
then disappear.
Pat...
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From: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: MyODBC and #Delete / almost resolved
> Thanks to Apollo and Lee for fast responses. Both recommended adding
> TimeStamp columns to the table. Lee also recommended adding an
> auto_increment column.
>
> What actually was the culprit was that in the suspect tables, I had a
> Primary Key on a TinyText field. I have not tried (a) converting the key
> type to a standard key or (b) changing the column type to char() or
> varchar(). However, removing the Primary Key made the table readable.
>
> However, I cannot edit the tables. Access claims all are unupdatable. I
> suspect this is due to not having a unique key for Access to force control
> through, but would like to have that confirmed.
>
>
> ---- orig msg ---
>
> OS: NT 4.0, SP6
> MDAC: 2.6
> MyODBC: 2.50.36
> MS-Access: 2000 (9.0.3821 SR-1)
>
> MySQL-OS: Linux, RedHat 6.2
> MySql: 3.23.27-beta
>
> Symptom: Two of seven tables return all columns and rows as "#Deleted"
(and
> wouldn't you know it, the two most important tables in the database).
have
> been through the install process several times without a change in
symptoms.
>
> Oh, the correct number of rows are returned - the data is just unusable.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
>
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