VBA Code to Add Linked Table with Primary Key

Question

I have an updatable view in sql server database. When I create linked table to it with ODBC, I\'m asked to select unique record identifier, in order for it to be updateable.

Answer 1

Why can't you create an index for an ODBC source after linking?

At work, we are using Access with linked SQL Server tables, and when someone wants to connect to a different database (change from production environment to test environment), we do something like this for all tables:

Dim TD As TableDef
Dim ConString As String

ConString = "ODBC;DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=ServerName;DATABASE=DbName;Trusted_Connection=Yes;"

CurrentDb.TableDefs.Delete "SomeTable"

Set TD = CurrentDb.CreateTableDef("SomeTable", 0, "SomeTable", ConString)
CurrentDb.TableDefs.Append TD
Set TD = Nothing

CurrentDb.Execute "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX SomeIndex ON SomeTable (PrimaryKeyColumn) WITH PRIMARY"