Excel oledb connection to Ms-Access database lock access db

Question

I have an excel spreadsheet that connects to MS-Access 2003 database using ole db connection. When I refresh the data in spreadsheet and open my ms-access database it says d

Answer 1

Excel's background refresh option is enabled. Disable it, or use the query studio to design the query as DBQ.

  
    
    DBQ=;DefaultDir=;
    Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};DriverId=25;
    FIL=MS Access;MaxBufferSize=2048;MaxScanRows=8;PageTimeout=5;
    ReadOnly=1;SafeTransactions=0;Threads=3;UID=admin;UserCommitSync=Yes;
    
  SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ...