Forms :: Can't Get DLookup To Work
Oct 16, 2014
I'm trying to build a form that Pulls data from several tables, though will update only one. I'm having issues right now with a field that is supposed to draw from a query. I made a query that is supposed to concatenate different fields in another table, look for duplicated words and remove them, but although that isn't working yet, that's not my issue. My issue is that the DLookup in the form isn't even trying to look at the query. The query prints out workshop IDS and a concatenated field right now, so there is data to pull.
=DLookUp("[Expr1]","[Posting Title Query]", "[WorkShop_ID] =" & [WorkShop_ID])
Query name: Posting Title Query
Query Reference Field: WorkShop_ID
Query Data Field: Expr1
Form Name: Sessions
Form Reference Field: WorkShop_ID
Form Table: Session List
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Aug 5, 2005
I thought I understood Dlookup – but I am not able to make it work!
Here’s my scenario:
tbl_Details (GroupID, and other misc fields)
tbl_GroupList (AutoKey, GroupID, GroupName)
rpt_Report (GroupID, and other misc fields)
I would like my report to show the GroupName instead of GroupID (Data is entered as GroupID – hence, I created the look-up table “tbl_GroupList.”
I created a text box on my report:
=DLookup(“[GroupName]”,”[tbl_GroupList]”,”[GroupID] = Reports![rpt_Report]![GroupID]
I think my syntax is correct – I just can’t figure out why it won’t work. Do I need to link the tables?
I even tried DLookup in a query (changing the above code to fit the query fields) and can’t seem to make it work. Please help!
PS -- I don't think it matters, but I am trying to do this in a sub report.
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Jan 13, 2014
I read a lot about retrieving the LAST generated Identity from an SQL-server table. Everythings seems to work, but I get a wrong result.It seems that SELECT SCOPE_Identity does not work with access when working with such a code for example:
strsql = "INSERT INTO tbltest ( myDate ) " _
& "SELECT '" & dteDate & "' AS dte; SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS TestID; "
Call SQL_PassThrough(strsql,"myTest_PT")
2nd parameter is an existing PT-Query with the connection and return values=yes. If no 2nd para then there is no resultset, only the insert.
So I changed it to:
strsql = "INSERT INTO tbltest ( myDate ) " _
& "SELECT '" & dteDate & "' AS dte; "
Call SQL_PassThrough(strsql)
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("select @@Identity as TestID from tblTest")
lastID = rs("TestID")
This brings me to my big surprise an Identity from ANOTHER (!!) table, but not the last one from tbltest. The code is running for test reasons in another modul and not in the one I creating the received ID.
As I have to get for sure the last ID from tblTest I cannot work with DLookup, as in my multisuer App this is not sure enough.build a construction where I get the last ID from the table where I just made my insert.
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Mar 26, 2015
basically am creating a booking system, i have a add a room form. my form should check whether i already have a room number in my table, which works when the form is filled in. however when my form is null, then i press add new room button, i get this error rather than " please fill your form in"
Error: runtime error '3075' syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'Room Number ='.
room number is a number field, integer but has primary key. i cant keep autonumber, as my requirement is to add new room number, but the roomnumber has to be unique.
here is the dlookup;
If DLookup("RoomNumber", "tblRooms", "RoomNumber = " & Forms!RoomPackages!txtRoomNumber) > 0 Then
MsgBox "This number already exists."
Else
p.s it unbound form
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Mar 9, 2006
please can some1 help??
i created a form using wizard to display the information in three tables but wen the form is in form view theres nothing displayed yet in design view all the information is present. please please some1 help:(
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Nov 30, 2005
I have a project. There is an back end database sitting on a network share. And there is a copy of the front end for each of the users also sitting on the network share. (Ideally I would like the front end to sit on the user's local drive, but we can't trust them update the front end every time we change the code behind the form, and I don't know how to force the code change out to their drives.)
Anyway, So we have these files sitting on the network shared drive. When I do an update, I change my copy of the front-end, and after I test the change and see that it works, I then use windows explorer to copy my frontend MDB file, and paste that over the user's front-end file.
That was working fine. But about two or three months ago, if I copy and paste the files, then the user can't open the form in the pasted copy. That is about the time I was "upgraded" to Windows XP. So I had someone still on Windows 2000 do the copy and paste, and that worked. But about a month ago, with no change in that person's PC, his pasted copies no longer work.
When I say no longer work, I mean you can open the MDB file with no error, but when you try to open the form, the pointer becomes the busy pointer, but the form never opens. (Well, the longest anyone has let the machine sit is about an hour before killing access from the task list.)
So, now, I have to go to each person, and do the copy paste on their PC, and so far, that is working.
Any idea what is going on here and how I can fix it?
Thanks,
David
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Jul 8, 2013
I have a sub form that contains two fields of FabricNum(ComboBox) and RollNum(ComboBox). The RollNum is restricted to the FabricNum so whenever I choose a FabricNum, list of RollNum changes respectively.
In order to do that, I created a query that contains the FabricNum and RollNum. The FabricNum in the query is restricted to the chosen FabricNum in the subform. I also have an embedded macro on FabricNum which opens the query, close the query and requery based on RollNumber. All what I have explained work perfect once it gets done in a sub form. When I try to do the same thing in a Main form, it does give me an error.
After researches I realized that I have to change the path in a query and I changed it as following:
[Forms]![FabricUsageDetail1].[FabricUsageDetail2].[Form].[FabricNum].
Unfortunately, I still get an error of 2950 which says the command or action "Requery" is not available now.
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Jan 31, 2014
I have a simple subform that shows an address block.Created as a form, the can shrink property does not kick in. Created as a report, it works fine.All controls and properties and query they are based on are identical.The report pasted into Access 2010 works fine and missing fields shrink.The form pasted into Access 2010 does not.The problem I have is in how do I reference the "subreport" in the form so as to be able to requery?
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Jul 23, 2014
I have a new Customer Form(Profile) and I have the same customer data in another Table(Contacts).
I create a Dlookup... the system pull the data correctly from my Combobox but when I try to close the form, the system display a error like: The first name is empty...
I think the Dlookup need something to update the new table.
This's my actual Dlookup...
=DLookUp("[Last Name]","Contacts","[Combo378]='" & [Forms]![PROFILE]![Combo378] & "'")
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Aug 9, 2005
This happened yesterday at work.
The access form froze and they could do other things but Access remained frozen. They logged off and when they went back in Access opened but none of the form buttons or links were working.
The database is not split because it is used only by one station at a time.
Has this happened to anyone and does anyone know the cause?
Five people were trying to fix it when I walked into work (5 people who no nothing about Access other than using that one database) and I couldn't get a straight answer.
Thanks
Kim
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May 18, 2006
Goal: : To improve an application's performance by basing sub forms and combo
The application has a front and back-end. There is no SQL server involved. I use a module for, seeking out the back-end and automatically linking to the back-end in order that I might be able to provide updates. This has worked for me since first setting everything up.
First let me define what I mean by, “sub form” as to how I am designing my application. I have a number of, what I call, “main (unbound) forms” that are used to open up separate application modules. Each module contains a number of hyperlinks to each of the other application modules. Also, each main form (application module) contains a tab form with bound forms. Therefore, I am calling these lower level bound forms, sub forms and basing them on query files instead of tables. Many of the tables have fields for collecting information across a second form. I did not want to bring back all the fields when they are used in any of the two are three forms bound with the same table.
Problem: When I base either a main form or a sub-form on a query, that particular front-end query form no longer links to the back-end database table via a query file whenever I import everything g into a new/fresh version of the front-end application. Whnever I open one of the query files via the form, I get an error message in each of the fields indicating it can't fine the field even though the table is listed with all the fields. No, I do not have the same problem with forms based on tables.
I suspect that my problem is in what I am calling a main and sub form; and that the main form is really the first level bound form and never the top unbound form if one is used. I have a lot of forms. I just wanted to get some feedback on
my suspicions or find out what else could be the source of my problem before re-doing everything.
Thanks,
John
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Jun 14, 2015
I used the Contacts demo on Access 2010, made all the elements Client from web based and then exported to a new database. It worked for the most part but now I am trying to put in a 4 box search and am getting stuck on which form to link it to and also where to put these boxes.
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Apr 3, 2013
i have a combobox which i want to use on a touch screen using touch buttons in ms access 2010
i set the combobox ime sentence mode to phrase predict, allow autcorrect to yes, row source type to value list and typed some words that i want in the row source eg. "kitchen"
i've set the on click event of my buttons a,b,c,d..... as following Me.Combo56 = Me.Combo56 & "A" for button a and so on.
the problem is that when i press the first letter of the word lets say "k" for the "kitchen" on my onscreen keypad the combo can not predict the word.
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Mar 28, 2013
I'm very new to Access, Macros, and VBA. Basically I have a form in ContinuousForm format that has a delete button next to each record. It's been working fine for the past few hours but for some reason Access can't delete the corresponding record(s) (DeleteRecord) now. The button is run by a macro that's made by a wizard.
Also, is there an appropriate way to show code (if that is the term used) for Macros?
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Mar 25, 2013
The thing I've been trying to do is make it so that my form filters my records, and I'm trying to make a between function for it. My form is shown below in the attachment.
What I need to do is make it so that my form filters my records Between the two year boxes AND between the two Length boxes. But I need it so that if nothing is in the boxes, it shows all records, and if something is in only the Year boxes, it only filters the years and not the lengths.
Code:
Field: Length
Criteria: Between [Forms]![SearchForm]![Length1] And [Forms]![SearchForm]![Length2]
Then in a separate column I had
Code:
Field: [Forms]![SearchForm]![Length1]
Or: Is Null
This works fine if it's only for Length, but if I try to do the same for the MovieYear boxes, it screws up and just shows me no records...?
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Jun 26, 2007
Hi
I am having a problem with computation of monthly actual generated from the Amount column which is in a purchase order table..... The monthly budget amount is generated in a query named category query... I have computed like Jan Feb Mar till Dec the column fields in the query.... A form named PO form has been created with the category item combo box ....
The problem is when a user selects a combox box he or she is presented with the monthly actual textbox that shows the amount computed( on a fiscal basis(not calendar days)) and that is done by looking up at the date converting into a month and then computing the amount for that particular category item selected...sum done if there was the same category item like repairs and maintenance done for this amount on the same month different date...I need a way to look up at the date convert into a month and then show the sum in the field textbox using the Dlookup function ..>Can this be done??)
Monthly budget I cant figure a way to get the monthly budget by looking up at the date and show the computed amount on a "fiscal basis" since the monthly budget for different months jan feb mar is computed seperately in seperate fields in the query
Please help me!!! this is URGENt!!!
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Jun 10, 2013
Is it possible in Access 2010 to have a prompt "Not Valid" in a dlookup?
If =DLookUp("[Lot]","tblBarcode","[Inuse] = -1") is No, then the message appears.
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Jun 17, 2013
I have a form for new customers. One of the fields is the product they have chosen ("new model", "old model", etc.) in a drop down Combo box. I want default pricing to appear in the form based on the what user selects for the product. But, I am getting nothing shown in the price box after choosing the product.
I've tried two approaches but with no luck. What am I doing wrong? This is in the default property for "price"
=DLookUp("[priceDefault]","tbl_products","[product]= '" & [productChosen] & "'")
=DLookUp("[priceDefault]","tbl_products","[product]= " & [Forms]![frm_CustomerRegistration]![productChosen])
I'm using Access 2007 and Windows 7.
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Jun 2, 2014
Database has a form on which the user is to select a PP Type. This is a choice of up to 8 different kinds of types. There is a table in the database that keeps track of what each of these types are, either a pallet or a case. I need to create an unbound text box on the form that will display wether the chosen Type is a pallet or case. I understand DLookUp is the way to go on this but I am having a problem with the where clause part of the code.
What I am trying to write here is display in the text box the "Pallet Case" field in the "PP Type TBL", where the "PP Type" field of the "PP Type TBL" is the same as the selection in the combo box name "Type". PP FRM is the name of the form I am working on and where the text box is as well as the combo box.
DLookup("[Pallet Case]", "[PP Type TBL]", "[PP Type] = " & Forms![PP FRM]![Type])
I get #Error in the text box. My confusion is how do I refer to the PP Type as it is int he PP Type TBL in the criteria?
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Mar 29, 2013
I have two tables each containing fields Brand, Form, Area. Table 1 has some other information that needs to be gathered (data entry) and Table 2 is just a reference table for changes to these areas. This reference table has an additional field labeled area point value which is the value I want to "print".
The form is based off of Table 1 and has all of the fields I want the users to input. Stripped down, I have three combo boxes for the user to choose Brand, Form, and Area...I also have an unbound textbox control where I want the area point value to based off of the value of the three aforementioned boxes.. I believe this can be achieved with a lookup but I've never actually used a lookup in a control this complex before...
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Mar 26, 2014
I am trying to use parameters for my dlookup =DLookUp("[jan]","[ctbDailySegments1]","[PCC]='0hq'")
How can I replace [jan] with a prameter to pick from a text field formated as date. and 0hq from a combobox cmbPCC.
The function works perfectly as I change the jan and 0hq.
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Feb 24, 2015
Me.txtversion = "Ver:" & " " & DLookup("[txtVersionMajor] & " - " & [txtVersionMinor] & " - " & [txtVersionRevision]", "tblVersionInfo")
What's wrong with my syntax ? It's the "-" part that is the problem.
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Feb 26, 2014
I'm making a form for colleagues to use which will eventually populate a table. I'm using DLookup to populate some of the fields in the form from another table. The problem is that for a few of the fields in that other table, the values are incorrect.
(Obviously the most sensible thing to do would be to amend the source data but for various reasons I cannot do that.)
For example, "date built" in the original table might be "f" but that needs to be changed to "h", so I tried the following but it doesn't work:
.................................................. ............................................
If DLookup("date_built", "dbo_meas_questionnaire", "[meas_id] = Forms!FrmRetestSearch.numOrigId") = "f" Then
Me.TxtDateBuilt = "h"
Else
Me.TxtDateBuilt = DLookup("date_built", "dbo_meas_questionnaire", "[meas_id] = Forms!FrmRetestSearch.numOrigId")
End If
.................................................. ..................................................
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Apr 20, 2013
Iv got a Form (Form1).That has a combo Box (Description)and a Text box (Category).that refers to a Table (tblDescriptionLU)With a text Field (Description) and a Lookup Field (Category) to a Table (tblListOfCategorys)
The Code iv Put in is:
Private Sub Description_AfterUpdate()
Category = DLookup("Category", "tblDescriptionLU", "Description=" & Description)
End Sub
It returns a Error:
Run-time error '3464':
Data type mismatch in criteria expression.
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Feb 12, 2015
I run duplicate check on a form to make sure the file name doesn't match one that's previously been entered. Currently I have:
If Me.NewRecord Then
If Not IsNull(DLookup("File", "tblFileProcessing", "[File]=""" _
& Me![File] & """" & " and [FileClientID] = " & Me![FileClientID])) Then
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmDuplicateFiles", acNormal, , , , acDialog
End If
End If
However we've recently changed the way we work and have now added a unique ID number prefixed to the file name: 567_File_Name_1 How do I run the DLook up but parse off the digits prior to the first underscore and only check on the remainder of the file name?
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Jun 29, 2014
On my Login form I am trying to get the status of a user. Form and checkbox are unbound.
tblUserSecurity_Sec
userID is the UserName.
Field (Active) Data Type is Number, Field Size is Integer
CheckBox is (chkactive)
If DLookup("[Active]", "tblUserSecurity_Sec") = -1 And [userID] = (Me.txtUserID) Then
Me.chkactive = -1
End If
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