Public Function RefreshLinks(ByVal sDatabase As String) As Boolean On Error GoTo ErrorOut 'Refresh table links to a backend database Dim dbs As Database Dim tdf As TableDef Dim sCurrentTDF As String ' Loop through all tables in the database. Set dbs = CurrentDb For Each tdf In dbs.TableDefs ' If the table has a connect string, it's a linked table. If Len(tdf.Connect) > 0 Then tdf.Connect = "ODBC;Driver={SQL SERVER};" & "Server=DBSERVER\DB1;" & "Database=" & sDatabase & ";" & "Trusted_Connection=no;" & "Uid=sa;" & "Pwd=secret" Err = 0 On Error Resume Next sCurrentTDF = tdf.Name tdf.RefreshLink ' Relink the table. If Err <> 0 Then RefreshLinks = False Exit Function End If End If Next tdf RefreshLinks = True ExitOut: Exit Function ErrorOut: msgBox ("There was an error refreshing the link(s) for '" & sCurrentTDF & "': " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description) Resume ExitOut End Function
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