FP97: SQL Query Missing, Deleted When Running IDC Wizard

• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SYMPTOMS

When you open an existing Internet Database Connector (IDC) file, the Structured Query Language (SQL) query may not appear in the SQL Query box. If you click Finish in the Internet Database Connector Wizard the existing query is erased.

CAUSE

The IDC looks for a carriage return when it parses the SQL statement. If it finds the end of the file before it finds a carriage return, the IDC omits the SQL statement when it writes the file.

RESOLUTION

Do not click Finish in the Internet Database Connector Wizard when the SQL Query box is empty. Instead, click Cancel, open the IDC file in a text editor, and insert a carriage return after the SQL statement.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem occurs only with IDC files that contain a single-line SQL query, which is not terminated by a carriage return. A multi-line query is not affected even when the SQL statement is not terminated with a carriage return. For example, the following statement will be deleted if there is no carriage return after the word, "Employees":

   SQLStatement: DELETE DISTINCTROW FirstName FROM Employees

   SQLStatement: DELETE DISTINCTROW FirstName
   +FROM Employees

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   http://www.microsoft.com/iis/learnaboutiis/whatisiis/winnt351/installguide/

For more information about Internet Database Connector files, go to the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/iis/learnaboutiis/whatisiis/winnt351/installguide/

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