Question

I have linked the sql server tables to ms access so that I can use ms access as the front end.I was able to access the tables from access, until I run into an error ODBC call failed when I tried to open one of the tables. There was no problem with the other tables. Actually I have changed a column name in sql server after creating a link. Is this the problem? I am really worried about this as I was about to use access as a front-end for my future purposes.

Answer 1

When you link to a remote table, Access stores metadata about that table. When you later change the table structure, the metadata doesn’t get updated to capture the change.

Delete the link. Then recreate the link. That way the metadata will be consistent with the current version of the table.