remove odbc/ database link from word doc.

[ppg5800]

my friend fwd a word doc. when i go to open it, window pops up saying:

-Opening this document will run following SQL command:

-SELECT *FROM c:\#data/ms-templates\office.doc

-Data from your database will be placed in document. do you want to continue?

-yes or no

my word should not be linked to anything. how can i get rid of this ODBC
link? have windows xp, running office 2003.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the following Knowledge Base article:

"Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a
Word Document - 825765 at:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=825765

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[ppg5800]

hey doug,

thanks for you help, but that did not solve the problem. i found out if you
just cut and past into a blank doc, and save, word no longer tries to pull
info from a database on the new saved file. just delete the old one, prob
solved.

also, making those changes to the registry did cause weird probs with my
comp. i had to system restore.

 

[mxk]

my friend fwd a worddoc. when i go to open it, window pops up saying:

-Opening this document will run following SQL command:

-SELECT *FROM c:\#data/ms-templates\office.doc

-Data from your database will be placed in document. do you want to continue?

-yes or no

my word should not be linked to anything. how can i get rid of this ODBC
link? have windows xp, running office 2003.

Hi,

Why not try Advanced Word Repair at http://www.datanumen.com/awr/ ?
It recovers several important Word documents for me and is really
helpful!

Alan