• Restoring historical data

    History of Question: * The SAGE 100 Con database had over 30 companies in it and performance was "sluggish." * Backups were made of all companies and copied to another server for safekeeping. * A 2nd SQL instance was created and all companies between…
  • error, "SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM"

    In Database Admin, restoring a Client's backup, I am getting an error, "SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM" What is this? I write reports, and get client databases to work in. This is the first time…
  • Sage 100 Contractor nightly back up

    Sage 100 Contractor nightly back up has failed every night since we did our archive of prior year general ledger. How do find out what the problem is so that we can get the backups performing successfully again?
  • Accessing Sage 100 Contractor 2016 Database with Microsoft Access 2010

    How can the Sage 100 Contractor 2016 (version 20.4.51.0 or greater) databases be accessed using Microsoft Access 2010? I would like to link to the data source by creating a linked table. To do this I have created a Machine Data Source using ODBC in…
  • Permissions on attachment folders changed with upgrade to version 20.2.35

    Yesterday, I decided to update to the latest version of Sage 100 Contractor (version 20.2.35.0) When I went to Upgrade the database I was denied permissions to access folders (yes, I was logged on as my system admin). After two unhelpful hours on the…
  • Invoice Details Disappeared but Grid Total Remained in 11-2 Service Receivables module

    I have an order in 11-2 Service Receivables that originally had parts, quantities and price in the Invoice Details grid - that calculated up to a total that was emailed as a Quote to a Client. Today, the grid on the Invoice Details tab for that order…
  • Use of SQL in Sage 100 Contractor Report Writer

    Can anyone tell me how to create a calculated field that has a SQL statement bringing in data from an unrelated table? I've looked at fields on other reports that I think are doing approximately the same thing but when I modify the SQL statement I keep…