Error 3409 when trying to link to SQL Server table

Hi,
We are using SQL Server 2000 (latest SP) on Windows Server 2003.
Recently we made database changes where we deleted a number of columns from
the highest level table in our database hierarchy (every other table is
either a child or grandchild of this table).
Since we did that we can no linker establish links from Access 2003 to this
table. When we try, we get the following error message:
Invalid field definition <STAMP1> in definition of index or relationship.
(Error 3409)
STAMP1 is our Primary Key field.
None of the fields we deleted were index fields, and none were keys. We have
been racking our brains trying to find the issue but to no avail. Please
help. Thank you.A long time ago with access 2003 I ran into a similar problem. What I
had to do was to go into the Access application, delete all of the
linked tables, check the queries/reports, and finally relink the
tables given the names used in the queries and reports. After a
meticulous going over, it worked. I know from using it though, it
seems like everytime you make a change to the strcture (an index, PK,
etc) you have to relink the tables from Access.
Let me know what you find out.
-Sean
On Feb 29, 1:09=A0pm, Berean <Ber...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> We are using SQL Server 2000 (latest SP) on Windows Server 2003.
> Recently we made database changes where we deleted a number of columns fro=m
> the highest level table in our database hierarchy (every other table is
> either a child or grandchild of this table).
> Since we did that we can no linker establish links from Access 2003 to thi=s
> table. When we try, we get the following error message:
> Invalid field definition <STAMP1> in definition of index or relationship.
> (Error 3409)
> STAMP1 is our Primary Key field.
> None of the fields we deleted were index fields, and none were keys. We ha=ve
> been racking our brains trying to find the issue but to no avail. Please
> help. Thank you.|||Hi Sean,
The effect is happening when anyone tries to link to the SQL Server table,
whether the link was preexisting or not. Even new link attempts generate the
same error.
We have tried rebuilding the indexes on SQL Server and even tried making a
dummy table with the data but no indexes. We could link to the dummy but not
to the one with indexes.
"Berean" wrote:
> Hi,
> We are using SQL Server 2000 (latest SP) on Windows Server 2003.
> Recently we made database changes where we deleted a number of columns from
> the highest level table in our database hierarchy (every other table is
> either a child or grandchild of this table).
> Since we did that we can no linker establish links from Access 2003 to this
> table. When we try, we get the following error message:
> Invalid field definition <STAMP1> in definition of index or relationship.
> (Error 3409)
> STAMP1 is our Primary Key field.
> None of the fields we deleted were index fields, and none were keys. We have
> been racking our brains trying to find the issue but to no avail. Please
> help. Thank you.|||We recently tried rebuilding and renaming all indexes, and are receiving the
same error.
To restate, this is occuring whether we open existing links to Access or try
to build new ones, and only happens on the table we dropped some columns
from.
"Berean" wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> The effect is happening when anyone tries to link to the SQL Server table,
> whether the link was preexisting or not. Even new link attempts generate the
> same error.
> We have tried rebuilding the indexes on SQL Server and even tried making a
> dummy table with the data but no indexes. We could link to the dummy but not
> to the one with indexes.
> "Berean" wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are using SQL Server 2000 (latest SP) on Windows Server 2003.
> >
> > Recently we made database changes where we deleted a number of columns from
> > the highest level table in our database hierarchy (every other table is
> > either a child or grandchild of this table).
> >
> > Since we did that we can no linker establish links from Access 2003 to this
> > table. When we try, we get the following error message:
> >
> > Invalid field definition <STAMP1> in definition of index or relationship.
> > (Error 3409)
> >
> > STAMP1 is our Primary Key field.
> >
> > None of the fields we deleted were index fields, and none were keys. We have
> > been racking our brains trying to find the issue but to no avail. Please
> > help. Thank you.