Select database record command does not work

After you open a database-connected drawing in Visio, the Select database record command may not work correctly. For example, you may not be able to view with database record information about the data source, the table name, the primary key field, and the key value. This symptom may occur if the following conditions exist:

• The drawing was created in Visio 5.0c, and the drawing was linked to a data source.
• You are using Visio 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1).
• You tried to open the drawing by right-clicking it, and then clicking Select database record.

This problem occurs because Visio 2002 does not correctly process shapes that were created in earlier versions of Visio. The code in CDBSession::ParameterKeyCount in the Shapes.cpp file obtains the number of key fields in the shape to determine which Select dialog box to display. The code looks for the Visio 2002 cell, and if it does not find it, the code quits looking.

Service pack information

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visio 2002. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
This problem was first corrected in Visio 2002 Service Pack 2.