I have created a word 2003 doc using mail merge, and It used to open the
excel database file every time i would open the file. Somewhere along the
line, it stopped doing this.

Also, in other versions of the file, it stopped automatically linking the
database, and I need to go and open the data source.

Does anybody know how to reestablish the SQL command that will open the
excel file and link it to the word doc?

thanks.