Alexander, I am probably not too good in providing what you need to help me, so if the following is not sufficient, please ask for more.
I will describe the steps leading to the error. I suppose that the database itself and the ODBC DSN are fine because they work well in other applications. 1.) Open MSWord (2007) (SP3) 2.) Select tab "Mailings" 3.) Select "Select recipients" (or similar label...) 3.) Select "use an existing list" 4.) Select "New Datasource" 5.) Select "ODBC/DSN" from the list 6.) Select any valid ODBC-DSN pointing to any Firebird database german error message: Es konnten keine Tabellenlisten von der Datenquelle bezogen werden (Unable to retrieve table metadata from data source) > Hi, > Tell in-depth information how to reproduce your problem please. > On 20.03.2013 17:28, André Knappstein wrote: >> Hi Gang! >> >> Is there a known technical reason why I can open literally any ODBC >> driven data source in MS Word (2007 and higher), but *not* Firebird? >> >> Do I have to make any settings which escaped me so far, or will it >> just not work or is the problem widely unknown so far? I'd like to >> prepare some views in Firebird and make them available for some >> assistants (creating mail merges). >> >> There is no problem in MS Excel (via MSQuery), but using the same >> *.dqy throws "unable to connect to datasource: library 'C:\program >> files\Firebi' failed to load", with an additional information >> "SQL-Status 08004, return code: SQL_ERROR". >> >> Creating a new connection throws "Unable to retrieve table metadata" >> (original in German: "Es konnten keine Tabellenlisten von der >> Datenquelle bezogen werden"). >> >> using driver .152 >> >> thanks for any hint. >> >> >> mit freundlichen Grüßen, André Knappstein EDV und Controlling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ beta Eigenheim- und Grundstücksverwertungsgesellschaft mbH Hafenweg 4 59192 Bergkamen-Rünthe Telefon: +49 2389 9240 140 Telefax: +49 2389 9240 150 e-mail: knappst...@beta-eigenheim.de Amtsgericht Hamm Nr. B 420 Geschäftsführer: Achim Krähling, Dirk Salewski und Matthias Steinhaus USt-IDNr.: DE 125215402 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Firebird-odbc-devel mailing list Firebird-odbc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-odbc-devel
