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Andrew Kennard[_2_] Andrew Kennard[_2_] is offline
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Default Word 2003 SQL Express Datasource

Hi All

I'm trying to connect to an SQL2005Express Table as the source for a Word
merge

Ulimately I want to automate this via COM but for now am just trying it as a
user

I can get the connection setup fine and choose the table I want however I
get the following error when I try and use it

"Record 1 contained too few dataflields"

Looking on the MS KB this seems to be a known problem and you need to update
to the latest office service pack (SP3) which I have done but the problem is
still there

The Word about dialog shows as version "11.8169.8172.SP3"

This is just a test but the structure of the table I am conecting to is