I have a very small table (tbl_emp_lcl) that is stored on the client's side of a split database scenario (other tables are stored on server and linked to the client front end). I've written code to check the modified date of the same table stored on the server (tbl_emp_svr). If the date modified is more recent than the tbl_emp_lcl, then I change the table name of the local table to OLD_tbl_emp_lcl and import the more recent version from the server. My only problem is that after import, I want to delete the OLD table, but get an error saying "Can't delete the table until its relationships to other tables have been deleted."

How can I accomplish this using VB code so that the client/user doesn't see this message, but the old table still gets deleted? I want to be able to delete the existing relationships with the OLD table, and then delete the OLD table.

Also, is there a way to restore those relationships with the NEWLY IMPORTED table?

Thank you!!

Rick

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Rick

Why don't you just delete all the existing data and insert the new data rather than rename the table and create a new table and then delete the old table? The relationships become a non-issue using this method.

mmcdonal

Actually, rather than check a date, you could just replace all the data each time the user opens the database. This should only take a second if this is a small table.

mmcdonal

This sounds like a good idea. Can you give me an example of how this is done? Am I to open a recordset and then delete it? Sorry, I'm a bit confused as to how to delete the data and replace it without affecting the table.

Thank you for your help!!

Rick

Well, you could make a delete query that deletes all the data in the table, then run that query when opening the database.
Then haul in a recordset from the back end and populate the table from that recordset.
How much more help do you need? If more, please give me the table structure of the small table.


mmcdonal

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mmcdonal

It worked perfectly.
Thank you very much. :)

Rick