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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:43:29+00:00

I have an updatable view in sql server database. When I create linked table

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I have an updatable view in sql server database. When I create linked table to it with ODBC, I’m asked to select unique record identifier, in order for it to be updateable.

Dialog in the wizard to select unique identifier

I need to dynamically relink this table in VBA, so I need to drop and recreate the linked table (I cannot update the TableDef.Connect property for ODBC table).

I found several solutions, which are not applicable in my case:

  • create the index after linking: I cannot for ODBC source
  • create the primary key in database: I cannot, it’s a view

These would be applicable:

  • a code which will do what the wizard does
  • a code to relink without the need to delete TableDef and that works with ODBC linked table, and will not reset previously set identifier

Temporary workaround:

  • convert the view to materialized view and create unique index on it
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  1. Editorial Team

    Why can’t you create an index for an ODBC source after linking?

    At work, we are using Access with linked SQL Server tables, and when someone wants to connect to a different database (change from production environment to test environment), we do something like this for all tables:

    Dim TD As TableDef
Dim ConString As String

ConString = "ODBC;DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=ServerName;DATABASE=DbName;Trusted_Connection=Yes;"

CurrentDb.TableDefs.Delete "SomeTable"

Set TD = CurrentDb.CreateTableDef("SomeTable", 0, "SomeTable", ConString)
CurrentDb.TableDefs.Append TD
Set TD = Nothing

CurrentDb.Execute "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX SomeIndex ON SomeTable (PrimaryKeyColumn) WITH PRIMARY"
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