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SQL Query Can't Be Represented Graphically

Article ID: 108483

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Query 2000

This article was previously published under Q108483

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Query, when you enter an SQL query statement, you may receive the following error message:

SQL Query can't be represented graphically. Continue Anyway?

Microsoft Query can't display the Table pane for this query. If the query returns records, you can't edit them or the query's design in the Query window. However, you can edit the query's design by choosing SQL from the View menu and editing the SQL statement directly.

MORE INFORMATION

An SQL Query in Microsoft Query is limited to 28 sets of parenthesis (SQL Query will not display more than 28 sets of parenthesis).

NOTE: This error may also occur if you have a SQL statement that Microsoft Query can't display, such as sub-Selects, stored procedures, etc. The SQL statement returns data, but Microsoft Query is unable to display the tables and joins for those tables graphically.

Additional query words: Query Err Msg

Keywords: KB108483