FIX: Microsoft Access quits when you link ODBC tables

When you try to link Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) tables to an Access database, Access may quit unexpectedly. You may receive the following error message:



If you click Debug, you may receive the following error message:



When you click Send A Report, you may receive the following message:

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

• You try to link ODBC tables immediately after you open the database.
• The database contains a reference to another Access database (.mdb) file.

Service pack information

This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note For information about updating Access 2002 Runtime applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

839022  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839022/ ) How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack for Access 2002 Runtime

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.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the previous files may also contain additional files.

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:

To work around this issue, create a startup form that delays the process of opening the database. This prevents the database from immediately linking ODBC tables. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Create an unbound form with the following properties:
   
   Form: frmDelay
   ========================
   Caption: Please Wait
   ScrollBars: Neither
   Popup: Yes
   Modal: Yes
   RecordSelectors: No
   NavigationButtons: No
   ControlBox: No
2. Set the TimerInterval property of the form to 10000.
3. Add the following code to the OnTimer event of the form:

   Private Sub Form_Timer()
        DoCmd.Close acForm, "frmDelay", acSaveNo
   End Sub
   

4. Save the form as frmDelay.
5. On the Tools menu, click Startup.
6. In the Display Form/Page box, click frmDelay.
7. Click OK.
8. Close the database, and then reopen the database.

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 Office XP Service Pack 3 and Office XP Service Pack 3 for Access 2002 Runtime.