Article ID: 285168 - Last Review: August 30, 2005 - Revision: 2.3 WD2000: Error Message with Mail Merge Using MS Query Data SourceThis article was previously published under Q285168 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/
)
Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS When you try to use a query that was created in MS Query as
a data source for a Word mail merge document, you receive the following error
message: Cannot Group on Fields Selected with '*'
When you click Details in the error message dialog box, you receive the following information: ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Cannot group on fields selected with ''*' Sql State: S1000 Return Code: SQL_ERROR CAUSE This problem occurs when the SQL string query contains a
GROUP_BY statement, or some other SQL statement, that is incompatible with
SELECT *. Typically, this occurs when the query contains a calculation; for
example, an average over a group of records. RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, obtain the latest
service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 276367
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276367/EN-US/
)
OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack IMPORTANT: Before you install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3), you must have Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) installed first. To obtain Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a), click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 245025
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245025/EN-US/
)
OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in the Microsoft Word
2000 Security Update: Macro Vulnerability.
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