ACC2000: Access Displays #DELETED When You Insert Data with the Same Value into a Non-Unique Key Column of a Remote Table

When you try to add records to a linked SQL Server table, Access displays #DELETED when you commit the record. However, no error is returned, and the data is correctly saved to the table.

When you try to add records to a linked SQL Server table that includes a primary key that has a data type of UniqueIdentifier, #DELETED may be displayed when you commit the record.

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This is a known issue in Microsoft Jet version 4.0.2927.4 and earlier.

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. Create a table in the Pubs sample database of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 by running the following script in the SQL Server Query Analyzer:

   Use Pubs
   
   CREATE TABLE Table1 
   (col1 uniqueidentifier DEFAULT NewID() 
   PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, 
   col2 int)
   
   go
   					

2. Create a new Access database, and then add a link to the SQL Server table that you created in Step 1.
3. Open the linked table in Datasheet view.
4. Add a record, and then in col2, type 123.
5. Add a second record, and then in col2, type the same value, 123.
6. On the Records menu, click Save Record.

Note that Access displays #DELETED in both fields of the second record.