Using Table Name reference in formula results in #VALUE error

In Excel 2010, I have an OLE DB connection that brings in data from an SQL query. Excel automatically created the table reference for this (Table1). The table contains headers and Excel knows this; they are formatted in the table as such.
When I try to use a SUMIF function and ask it to sum the column Table1[Column], I get a #VALUE error. I'm assuming because Excel is including the header in the data, which is a text entry. Otherwise, all the other values in the column are numbers.
I'm currently using a defined named range to get round the issue but I'd like to use the table reference instead because as the SQL data grows and shrinks, so does the table range that Excel performs calculations on.

Hi DPLMartin,
This should not happen, by default the [column] syntax only refers to the data, not to the header. I expect there is one or perhaps more rows which contain text.
Try selecting the column in question and use F5, Special, constants and only leave the "Text" checkbox checked.
Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse|Excel MVP|http://www.jkp-ads.com

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