Access linked to SQL

Be sure to set a default value for bit fields in SQL. Access does not like it when you do not. Access will place a default value into the fields if they do not have one and as a result, all the records will be locked. The value that Access loads is not posted back to the SQL Server so Access has changed all the records but the records are still dirty. So all records will be locked. No updates can take place. The only solution if you do get to this point is to delete the problem field from SQL Server entirely. Later, after you see that Access has unlocked the records, you can return to SQL Server and add the field along with a default value.