Unknown Function (2003)

[muscle]

This is pretty strange. The following function has been working for me for the past 6 months. Recently, I decided to check the tables, and noticed new records in my tables were not reflecting the user and date/time who added it. Additionally, my users get a message like so...

Unknown function Environ$ in validation expression or default value.

The tables have the following set as a default value...Now() and =Environ$("UserName")

It works fine on my machine, and I have Access 2003. They were just updated to 2003 as well, and that's when we started having difficulties. Any advice? Thanks in advance!

[HansV]

It has to do with the enhanced security in recent versions of the Jet Engine. Environ is not considered a "safe" function. See How to configure Jet 4.0 to prevent unsafe functions from running in Access 2003 for a description of the problem and how to bypass it.

[muscle]

Thanks! Another question. Is there a "safe way" to record the user versus using the previous function.

[HansV]

The GetNetUser function from <post:=446,010>post 446,010</post:> shouldn't cause security problems.