Import external data "PROBLEM"

I have been downloading certain financial info via the import function.
Today I cannot access the data, when I check, I'm told the page is missing.
Also, I can not activate "import data", "new web query" and "new database
query" from the "data" message.

I would appreciate any assistance, thanks...

I am having an identical problem - it started last week, and is specific only
to the existing queries in the Get external Data command. Other queries that
I have set up my self are unaffected. Also, I believe it affects Excel 200
(which I use) and not Excel 2003

Mark

"Roger MacInnis" wrote:

> I have been downloading certain financial info via the import function.
> Today I cannot access the data, when I check, I'm told the page is missing.
> Also, I can not activate "import data", "new web query" and "new database
> query" from the "data" message.
>
> I would appreciate any assistance, thanks...
>
>
>

Right, Will Microsoft just replace the current page with the old page, seems
simple to me...

"Mark C" <Mark [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am having an identical problem - it started last week, and is specific
>only
> to the existing queries in the Get external Data command. Other queries
> that
> I have set up my self are unaffected. Also, I believe it affects Excel
> 200
> (which I use) and not Excel 2003
>
> Mark
>
> "Roger MacInnis" wrote:
>
>> I have been downloading certain financial info via the import function.
>> Today I cannot access the data, when I check, I'm told the page is
>> missing.
>> Also, I can not activate "import data", "new web query" and "new database
>> query" from the "data" message.
>>
>> I would appreciate any assistance, thanks...
>>
>>
>>

Roger,

good news, I have a fix from a friend using Excell 2003. The website name
has changed from

http://investor.msn.com/external/ etc

to

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/external/ etc

Use edit query to change, but it then forces you to re-type all youe stock
symbols again, which is a bit of a pain.

hope this is clear, let me know if not.

Mark

"Roger MacInnis" wrote:

> Right, Will Microsoft just replace the current page with the old page, seems
> simple to me...
>
> "Mark C" <Mark [email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I am having an identical problem - it started last week, and is specific
> >only
> > to the existing queries in the Get external Data command. Other queries
> > that
> > I have set up my self are unaffected. Also, I believe it affects Excel
> > 200
> > (which I use) and not Excel 2003
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > "Roger MacInnis" wrote:
> >
> >> I have been downloading certain financial info via the import function.
> >> Today I cannot access the data, when I check, I'm told the page is
> >> missing.
> >> Also, I can not activate "import data", "new web query" and "new database
> >> query" from the "data" message.
> >>
> >> I would appreciate any assistance, thanks...
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Thanks, I tried that, what I did was copy the "parameter" from the "old"
query into the parameter of the new query and the ten I pased it over the
old query.

I works ok, except I still get an error message and I have refresh manually.
I still don't know Micrsoft would just change it like that...

"Mark C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Roger,
>
> good news, I have a fix from a friend using Excell 2003. The website name
> has changed from
>
> http://investor.msn.com/external/ etc
>
> to
>
> http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/external/ etc
>
> Use edit query to change, but it then forces you to re-type all youe stock
> symbols again, which is a bit of a pain.
>
> hope this is clear, let me know if not.
>
> Mark
>
> "Roger MacInnis" wrote:
>
>> Right, Will Microsoft just replace the current page with the old page,
>> seems
>> simple to me...
>>
>> "Mark C" <Mark [email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >I am having an identical problem - it started last week, and is specific
>> >only
>> > to the existing queries in the Get external Data command. Other
>> > queries
>> > that
>> > I have set up my self are unaffected. Also, I believe it affects Excel
>> > 200
>> > (which I use) and not Excel 2003
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > "Roger MacInnis" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have been downloading certain financial info via the import
>> >> function.
>> >> Today I cannot access the data, when I check, I'm told the page is
>> >> missing.
>> >> Also, I can not activate "import data", "new web query" and "new
>> >> database
>> >> query" from the "data" message.
>> >>
>> >> I would appreciate any assistance, thanks...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>