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WD: Merge Results Blank Using Header File with ODBC

Article ID: 126734

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0c
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95a

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SUMMARY

You may receive blank results during a mail merge when the mail merge document uses a header file and you have attached a database source file using ODBC.

For each record merged, you may receive the following message, where "x" is the record number:

One or more data fields in record x were truncated.

CAUSE

ODBC architecture does not require a header file to perform a mail merge. The elimination of header files ensures backward compatibility with Word version 2.0 for Windows mail merge files.

RESOLUTION

Do not attach a header file when you perform a mail merge using an ODBC driver; remove any currently attached header file.

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