ACC: Errors Messages When You Export Query to dBASE (150495)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to export a query in dBASE (any version) file format, you receive the following error message:

Couldn't find object queryname.dbf.

When you try to save the underlying table to dBASE format, you receive the following error message:

Cannot define field more than once.

When you try to export the query using the TransferDatabase method, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '3191':
Can't define field more than once.

CAUSE

dBASE has a 10-character limit for the size of field names. When the first 10 characters of two (or more) fields in a Microsoft Access table are identical, trying to export the table or query results in duplicate field names.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use one of the following approaches:

Rename the table fields so that the first 10 characters are unique for each field.
Alias the field names in a query. For example, in the query field row type: [NewField]:[OldDuplicateField]

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create the following table:

      Table: Table1
      ------------------------
      Field Name: abcdefghijk
         Data Type : Text
      Field Name: abcdefghijkl
         Data Type : Text

Create a query based on Table1 that includes both fields.
On the File menu, click Save As/Export.
In the Save As dialog box, click "To an External File or Database," and then click OK.
Under Save As Type, select dBASE III (*.dbf), and then click Export. The error message "Couldn't find object Table1.dbf" appears.

REFERENCES

For more information about exporting to an Xbase file, type "FoxPro" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Export a table or query to a FoxPro, Paradox, or dBASE file".