Excel Data Connection Locks Access DB, Prevents Second Connection's Refresh

Question

I have two data connections to different queries in the same Access DB. The second one always fails (regardless of which I run first).

When I look at the database, I no

Answer 1

I was faced with another issue regarding data connections, and the solution for it actually ended up fixing this long-standing issue as well!

My guess is that the secret lies in "MaintainConnection = False":

Dim i As Integer
Dim awc As WorkbookConnection
Dim c As OLEDBConnection

For i = 0 to ActiveWorkbook.Connections.Count
    Set awc = ActiveWorkbook.Connections.Item(i)
    Set c = awc.OLEDBConnection
    c.EnableRefresh = True
    c.BackgroundQuery = False
    c.Reconnect
    c.Refresh
    c.MaintainConnection = False
Next i