any access 2002 users/gurus?

[grad]

I can't import either text or excel files into an access 2002 table.

anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

[wildpitch]

whats the error message? Have you tried dumping an exisiting table and then tried to bring that back in?

[grad]

I can import a table ok, it's just text and excel that it won't import.

no error message as such just 'encounters a problem'.

colleagus are ok on 2000, I was ok on 97 it's just this bloody 2002...

[wildpitch]

what I should have said was can you export a table from your version of access to a text file or csv and then bring that back in? I've had some quirks with formatting before now, can't remember what exactly other than it was to do with seperators or tabs or something.

[grad]

no I can't.

for a while I though it was a compatability issue with diff' versions but I've just created a new database, built a table, exported as .xls and tried to import it back.

it's just not having it.

[wildpitch]

strange, works for me. sounds like the import drivers are shagged, get it reinstalled...

[grad]

yep, must be, eventually founsd someone else here with it and they can do it no problem as well..

cheers for the help

[blue jammer]

I take it that is on Win XP?

Did you know you can #downgrade# the operating system, with something called compatability mode?

I use this a lot for programs that aren't happy with XP or Win2k

Right click on an program (.exe) and here's 3 easy steps to show you how:

(see attached image)