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Excel SQL 2000 Query

Ziycon · 2008-05-26 10:58:55

**Can a mod move this to programming, clicked on the wrong board sorry! I have an excel document and im using MS Query to query a MS SQL 2000 DB, im trying to use conditional formating within Excel but for some reason i it wont take affect on the cells that are getting data from the DB but the conditional formating will…

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**Can a mod move this to programming, clicked on the wrong board sorry!

I have an excel document and im using MS Query to query a MS SQL 2000 DB, im trying to use conditional formating within Excel but for some reason i it wont take affect on the cells that are getting data from the DB but the conditional formating will work on cells that are not coming from the DB!?

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#2 26-05-2008 7:05pm

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May be MS Query reformats the cells when it imports the data. Try putting the data into a different sheet and have the formatted cells reference the imported data.

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