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Lookup table data from Access database is scrambled

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When a field in Access is configured as a multi value column (The Display Control is a Combo Box and the Allow Multiple Values option is set to Yes) the data stored in the field may be received by Sync & Save in a scrambled format that may even cause values from one column to display in a second column.

This is a bug in the OLEDB database driver used to communicate with Access. The data is received by Sync & Save in the scrambled format.

There are two possible solutions to this problem:
  1. Do not use multi value fields for data you wish to use in Sync & Save.
  2. Connect to Access using ODBC.
    Multiple values in a field will be returned as values separated by a semi-colon.
To implement option 2, change the Source Type in the Lookup Table job to ODBC. Use a connection string with the following format:

Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};Dbq=C:\mydatabase.accdb;

Change the path to the database to match your configuration.


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