From: | Ewan Mellor <em(at)nexus(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | PostgreSQL Interfaces <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] MS Access & PsqlODBC: Invalid field name 'name' |
Date: | 1998-05-12 16:08:58 |
Message-ID: | 3558741A.74EC3E3C@nexus.co.uk |
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
>
> Ewan Mellor wrote:
> >
> > I am using Byron's ODBC driver (version .0239 downloaded today) with
> > Access 7.00 under Win95 with Postgres 6.3. I am trying to link tables
> > into Access. Most tables work fine, but any field with the name 'name'
> > or 'sortname' or even 'garbagename' may not be used as part of an
> > index. This occurs whether the index is picked up automatically by the
> > driver, or if you are asked to choose a unique field by Access.
>
> Starting from v2.0 of Access the worn "name" became kind of reserved
> word in Access, as the table itself aquired an _attribute_ name, which
> contains the name of the table.
>
> so having a field called name is a problem in anyway (for Access).
So it's a "we're Microsoft and we can do what we want" reserved word,
and not an "internationally recognised standard SQL" reserved word :-(
> I have no idea why "sortname" or "garbagename" does not work.
>
> > Can this be fixed? As a workaround, could the driver optionally not
> > tell the client application about indices? In this way, I could tell
> > Access to ignore them and then (I think) I would be able to get at my
> > data.
>
> you can still do
>
> ALTER TABLE yourtable RENAME name TO not_name_any_more;
I'd rather not - there is a reasonable amount of code sitting on top of
this DB :-(
Thanks a lot for your help,
Ewan.
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