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ACC: "Obsolete Database Format" Error Message

Article ID: 115900

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q115900

SYMPTOMS

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

When you run a query against a Microsoft Access database from Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Query, you receive the error message "Obsolete Database Format."

CAUSE

You have not selected the correct database type.

RESOLUTION

If you are trying to query against a Microsoft Access 1.x database, change the database type from Access 2.0 Database to Access Database.

If you are trying to query against a Microsoft Access 2.0 database, change the database type from Access Database to Access 2.0 Database.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB115900