Interesting.
If I create a blank “.UDL” file I can then stick in that and it appears to work, but its SEVERELY limited.
I can’t get at anything from Word EXCEPT for the single database that I defined in the SQL setup in “Data Sources” – and I can only have one on the machine! This is a potential problem of course…… there’s a lot more than one database on the SQL server…..
But – it DOES appear to work for mail merge this way – its just kludgy as heck.
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From: pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of George Weaver
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:20 AM
To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ODBC] ODBC problem with Microsoft Word and Excel
Original Message From "Karl Denninger"
>The part I don't understand is that I enabled logging and it appears to be
>returning the table list! Immediately after I attempt the connect from
>either EXCEL or WORD I pulled the logfiles.
I don't think the problem resides on the PostgreSQL side of things but the Office side. From my experience and from what I can gather Office needs a separate file (.udl .odc, etc) in order to display the results properly.
The discussion here might provide some further insight (first topic - Subject: Re: Mail Merge to SQL Server without using an external ODC):
"When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know,
follow it to the point of knowing."
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