Baffled: Gosh! I Hope Someone Will Understand And Be Able To Help Me!

Nov 28, 2007

Action:
1) Update the blank fields in a table + add newly imported records but...make sure that there are no duplicates.
I need to Append the records from a table called: XLS_Imp_11_27_07 to my main Table " Invoice Tracking for A/P 10_30".
The fields found in the XLS _ table: Release Dt, Entry Dt, Liquidation Dt may have been populated by a live report found on Internet. Since it's a live report, when Appended, to the other table, it will create numerous duplicates.
The fields found after the 7 first fields in the Invoice Tracking Table may have been updated by users

Is there a way to avoid duplicates and get the data from one table to the other without wiping out whatever is already filled-in?
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Aug 21, 2007

I'm using a very basic query

SELECT DRAWING_desc
FROM Drawing
WHERE DRAWING_desc Like '%L%'

I've got a table called Drawing, and a column in that table called Drawing_desc

I want all records returned that have the letter "L" in them.

When I run this query, I get nothing

If I replace the '%L%' with "*" it returns all records like you'd think it would.

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Hi,

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Any sugestions pls?

Many Thanks
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Public Function SendFax()

'On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

Dim strRecipient As String
Dim strFax As String
Dim strattach As String

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If strFax = "" Then
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GoTo ErrorHandlerExit
End If

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DDEPoke ChanNum:=lngChannel, Item:="sendfax", Data:="SendfaxUI"
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DDEExecute ChanNum:=lngChannel, Command:="GoActive"
DDETerminate ChanNum:=lngChannel

lngChannel = DDEInitiate(Application:="FAXMNG32", topic:="CONTROL")
DDEExecute ChanNum:=lngChannel, Command:="GoActive"
DDETerminate ChanNum:=lngChannel


'*************NEED A COMMAND HERE TO GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE SEND!

ErrorHandlerExit:
'DoCmd.Close objecttype:=acForm, objectname:=Me.Name
Exit Function

ErrorHandler:
MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number & "; Description: " & _
Err.Description
Resume ErrorHandlerExit

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With rstComment
.AddNew
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![Date] = Now() 'Will be changed by SQL Server
.Update
.Close
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I get an error:

Error No:3184 Couldn't execute query; couldn't find linked table.

This form is used elsewhere in the database and works fine. The code is exactly the same. The form name is different and the table it points to is the same design of table as the other but obviously named differently. i am confident it is referenced correctly. But you lot are the experts.

I am not trained in VBA and have only just started to understand bits of it.


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:eek:

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DoCmd.Close acForm, Me.Name
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSwitchboard", acNormal

On Error GoTo Err_cmdEMailRptPastNonCon_Click
Dim stDocName As String

stDocName = "rptPastNonCon"
DoCmd.SendObject acReport, stDocName

Exit_cmdEMailRptPastNonCon_Click:
Exit Sub

Err_cmdEMailRptPastNonCon_Click:
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Resume Exit_cmdEMailRptPastNonCon_Click
End Sub


A box appears with the options [rich text,html,snapshot etc] I choose an option and a message box appears saying: "The database engine could not lock "tblMain" because it is already in use by another person or process., I know this is probably a simple stupid error ive made but being a complete beginner I am stuck, any ideas of where I should look to find any errors?

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