Modify data in MSAccess before passing on to SQL Table

Question

I have set up an Access database with a linked table to an SQL table. I've created a query in Access off the linked table. I have shipping software that i've set up to export data to the Access query and it successfully gets passed on to the SQL Table. So far, so good.

Now to the issue. The "weight" column in the SQL table has an "implied" 4 decimal places. So when I export a weight of "1", it shows up in the SQL table as ".0001". I need to multiply the weight by 10000 in order to get it to show up as "1.0000" in the SQL table.

I've tried modifying the Query's SELECT statement to do the math on that column but I get a "Cannot Update Field" error out of the ODBC driver.

Is there a way to make this happen? I'm not using MS Access at all (other than to create the .mdb file). Just using the .mdb file as a bridge between the shipping application and the SQL table.

Thanks for any guidance!

Answer 1

Look at this answer which looks very similar to what you are looking for.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/11296097/886591