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TheJaks
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Apr 11, 2024
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update dataverse table with dataverse primary key results in datatype error

Hi all.   I have an annoying issue. I use MS access front end, dataverse backend,   I'm using a simple bit of VBA code, to add a new record in a table. This is triggered by clicking a button on a...
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    TheJaks
    Jun 12, 2024

    hi all - just a quick update if anyone stumbles across this issue:

     

    Dataverse as a managed solution blocks overriding a foreign/ alternative key, you can only update the dataverse primary key. In an unmanaged solution it’s the reverse I think, you can only update the alternative key, not the dataverse primary key.

     

    the dataverse primary key is a GUID which cannot be stored in a text box as per issues above (that will show up as ???? In VBA). Solution : it can be stored in a combo box as a workaround, which as it turns out is compatible with GUID.

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