Why am I getting this error message?
Invalid bracketing of name
This is what I have:
Feild Name: 2ndQty
Table: Temp
This is what I tryied -
[Temp_ElectronicCustomers.RcvdQty]
and
[Temp_ElectronicCustomers]![RcvdQty]
Corey
I am trying to import data into Excel using a New Database Query, but receive the error "Invalid Bracketing of Name 'mdb.'." I can preview the data in the Query wizard, so it seems like Excel is finding the data, but I always get the above error.
I have performed the exact same process on another machine and it works fine. Is it possible that excel or access settings are causing this error, or perhaps my ms office is corrupt?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.
I am getting this invalid use of bracketing error Set objMyRecordset = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("select itemno from " & Chr(34) & "[" & icitem & "]" & Chr(34))
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a time reporting database called Productivity. I also have a split version with ProductivityFE containing the forms, queries, and reports and ProductivityTables containing the data. All three are on my PC. Each month I update Productivity with new records and run a report or two to check things out. Then from ProductivityTables I import the data tables. If there are any updates to the forms, queries, and reports these are imported into ProductivityFE. I again test a couple of reports before finally placing both FE and Tables on a server. The managers then place a copy of FE (from the server) onto their desktop and run reports from there. So far so good until this month when I created a new query for a new report. It runs fine in Productivity, but in the split database (on my PC) I get the error 'Invalid Bracketing of name [tblCostcenters.ProdCenter]'.
Below is the SQl from the query. Of note here is a time record contains both a home costcenter and a worked costcenter for the employee. I have two instances of tblCostcenters in order to reference the field ProdCenter for both the home and worked costcenters. The code fails at the first IIF statement on [tblCostcenters.ProdCenter]. Based on other posts on this sight I tried replacing these brackets with [tblCostcenters].[ProdCenter] and [tblCostcenters_1].[ProdCenter] and it seemed to be working until the last bracketing was changed, after which I was faced with the parameter query dialog box looking for a value for tblCostcenters.ProdCenter.
So I'm stumped. Why would the query work in a single database but not in a split database?
SELECT tbleTimeData.HCCtr, tblCostcenters.Title AS HTitle, tblCostcenters.ProdCenter AS HProdCenter, tbleTimeData.WCCtr, tblCostcenters_1.Title AS WTitle, IIf([WCCtr]="","Other Affiliates",IIf([tblCostcenters.ProdCenter]<>[tblCostcenters_1.ProdCenter],"Outside Product Center",IIf(IsNull([tblCostcenters_1.ProdCenter]),"Outside Product Center","Within Product Center"))) AS WProdCenter, Sum(tbleTimeData.Hours) AS SumOfHours
FROM (tbleTimeData LEFT JOIN tblCostcenters ON tbleTimeData.HCCtr = tblCostcenters.Costcenter) LEFT JOIN tblCostcenters AS tblCostcenters_1 ON tbleTimeData.WCCtr = tblCostcenters_1.Costcenter
WHERE (((tbleTimeData.FY)=[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFY]) AND ((tbleTimeData.FP) Between IIf(IsNull([Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPFrom]),[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPTo],[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPFrom]) And IIf(IsNull([Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPTo]),[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPFrom],[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboFPTo])))
GROUP BY tbleTimeData.HCCtr, tblCostcenters.Title, tblCostcenters.ProdCenter, tbleTimeData.WCCtr, tblCostcenters_1.Title, IIf([WCCtr]="","Other Affiliates",IIf([tblCostcenters.ProdCenter]<>[tblCostcenters_1.ProdCenter],"Outside Product Center",IIf(IsNull([tblCostcenters_1.ProdCenter]),"Outside Product Center","Within Product Center")))
HAVING (((tbleTimeData.HCCtr) Between IIf(IsNull([Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrFrom]),[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrTo],[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrFrom]) And IIf(IsNull([Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrTo]),[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrFrom],[Forms]![frmMainMenu]![cboCCtrTo])) AND ((tbleTimeData.WCCtr)<>[HCCtr]));
Thanks!
John
I get the following error:
"There is an invalid use of the .(dot) or ! operator or invalid parentheses."
This is the code that errors out:
Code:If Not IsNull(Forms![ctrlpanel]![subEditUsers].Form!cmbSection) Thensection = Forms![ctrlpanel]![subEditUsers].Form!cmbSectionEnd If
All it's doing is checking to see if a user selected anything from the combo box. Thanks!
JMH
Hi All,
I have 2 errored records in my large access database which I am unable to delete. As I scroll over either of these records I get the error "Invalid Argument" but the database is functional otherwise... Until Today!
Other users can get into the database but I get the "Invalid Argument" error before it even loads the main form.
Can anyone help please?
Many Thanks
Swifty
Every now and again (for no apparant reason) a record in my table becomes corrupted (the fields all change to #Error, Error etc) Also, the relationship between that and another table breaks and when I try to go into the forms I get the "Invalid Argumnent" message
I am running Win XP Pro, with Office 2003 accross a network, with a FE/BE split
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Andy
I am running a report from a form that is to produce an excel output:
Private Sub cmdTransferToExcel_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_CmdTransferToExcel_Click
Refresh
DoCmd.Hourglass True
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputQuery, "Temps_Margin_Output", acFormatXLS, [Forms]![Revenue_Output]![output], False
Exit_CmdTransferToExcel_Click:
DoCmd.Hourglass False
MsgBox "File Created", vbOKOnly
Exit Sub
Err_CmdTransferToExcel_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_CmdTransferToExcel_Click
End Sub
but receive an error "Invalid Operation"
Can anyone suggest anything?
Thanks
I am receiving this error;
"Invalid SQL syntax, cannot use multiple columns in a column level CHECK constraint."
Without explaining my disaster of a situation anyone have any ideas?
I did a quick search and really didn't find anything related to this. Though, I'm sure it's pry happened before.
I have started work on a new front end and have several linked tables to our back end. As well as copies of them for the purpose of the front end. On load the backend tables update the front ends tables, and on exit the front end tables append/update the back end tables.
I began work on a data entry form for fields residing in the front end tables and found that when I attempted to make a command button for the purpose of record navigation I received the error "Invalid Use of Null" and all of my options were empty (Concerning the control functions) and everytime I changed action categories i recieve the same error.
Also, I tried to work around it with a combo box for searching, only I don't have the option available to make it search.
So . . . I tried to circumvent with an unbound text box that performed a macro searchforrecord but I receive and error that the table I'm search within is not open.
Any clues would be great, any fix would be immaculate. I'm a bit flabbergasted.
I have a left-join query where I know that some of the values in the left-hand table have no corresponding values in the right-hand table...that's why I used a left-join: I want all the values in the left-hand table to show up. I would expect that records without corresponding values in the right-hand table would show up as nulls (I swear I have dozens of other queries that work this way) but in this one, they show up as "#error" instead.
This is a problem because I want to do some calculations on this field. Normally I would use the nz function to change the nulls to zeros.
So,
1. Any idea why this is happening?
2. Is there a way to change the #error values to zeroes, similar to using the nz function?
HEre's the SQL:
SELECT FeederInventorySummary.machine, FeederInventorySummary.Size, FeederInventorySummary.Leaf, FeederInventorySummary.Type, FeederInventorySummary.CountOfFeederID, FeederNeedsSummary_7.FeederQty
FROM FeederInventorySummary LEFT JOIN FeederNeedsSummary_7 ON (FeederInventorySummary.Type = FeederNeedsSummary_7.Type) AND (FeederInventorySummary.Leaf = FeederNeedsSummary_7.Leaf) AND (FeederInventorySummary.Size = FeederNeedsSummary_7.FeederSize) AND (FeederInventorySummary.machine = FeederNeedsSummary_7.ActualMachine);
For every record without a corresponding record in FeederInventorySummary_7, the FeederQty field shows up as #error.
Can anyone amend this statement because presently I am getting an eror 'The expression you entered has an invlid string 'WHERE Month([PaymentDate])>07 And <11'
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Please help! Thank you.
While trying to create a query in a new database on tables linked from a converted 2003 to 2007 database. When including tables in my query, two of the three say " is not a valid name. Check for special characters...etc. I have renamed the tables, verified field names and there are not any special charcter. Can someone tell me where else to look for such problem. It will let me buid the query but not use it. I appreciate any help you can give me. I have built queries using the same tables in the converted database with no issues.
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example:
quantity month total price
10 jan: $3548.00
feb:
10 mar: $3548.00
The Macro calculates the totals for the year.
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
I've got this line of code under my form_current() envent (frmEmails)
str2 = Forms!frmMain!txtSQL.Value
but when I start the DB I get the Invalid use of Null error,
now, it seems that I need to define my txtSQL.value = "" but am not sure where. I've tried under frmMain_load event but it seems that's not the right spot...
is it problem that I had put that code on form_current() or is that OK and I just need to define my txtSQL.valuse somewhere else.
thanks a lot
D
Hi,
I have some code that runs on Form_Load()
It basically uses a case statement to say if a value in a combo box equals one set of values then make somethings visible and invisible, and for all other values make some other things visible and invisible.
The problem I have is that I have defined the variable as a String and if the combo box does not yet have a value when it loads, which is quite likely then it will return an error - "Invalid Use of Null".
Can anyone help to see any way around this?
Thanks,
Dan
I’m getting an error I can’t understand!
Access says the name I have for my query is not valid. I can’t see why and the help is no help at all!!
Error says:
‘orders_by_project_query’ is not a valid name. Make sure that it does not include invalid characters or punctuation and that it is not too long.
Here is the name of my query
‘orders_by_project_query’
I have also tried:
‘OrdersRptQry’
‘qryOrdersByProject’
All the above get the same result.
The query is a look up on two tables to obtain subtotals for a number of orders.
The SQL from the query in SQL view looks like this:
SELECT orders_table.order_id, Sum(CCur(products_table!unit_price*order_detail_ta ble!Prod_reqd_qty*(1-[order_detail_table.prod.discount])/100)*100) AS Subtotal
FROM products_table INNER JOIN (orders_table INNER JOIN order_detail_table ON orders_table.order_id = order_detail_table.order_id) ON products_table.product_id = order_detail_table.product_id
GROUP BY orders_table.order_id;
Any ideas why I get this error and how to correct it?
Thx,
Kev.
I have an unbound form with unbound controls that I am using for data-entry.
One of the controls, bEntry, is a checkbox. I have tried setting the default value to both false and to 0. Somehow, it doesn't take and so remains Null.
I have the following code running as part of the save routine. It gives me an "invalid use of null" whenever it reaches the highlighted text
Code:Dim Entry_B As ByteDim EntryCheckbox As BooleanEntryCheckbox = Me.bEntry.ValueIf EntryCheckbox = True ThenEntry_B = "1"ElseEntry_B = "0"End If
I have also tried changing it to say
If Me.bEntry.Value < 1 Then
etc.
but that hasn't worked either.
Any ideas?
Why can I not insert a null value at : rec("Outlet_ID") = hyphenit(rec("Outlet_ID")) in the code.
It throws a run-time error 94. invalid use of null.
the table has allow zero length strings set to yes.
Code: 'If RS.EOF then we're at the end of the recordset already, i.e. no records If rec.EOF Then rec.Close Set rec = Nothing Set dbs = Nothing Else rec.Requery rec.MoveFirst While Not rec.EOF rec.Edit rec("Outlet_ID") = hyphenit(rec("Outlet_ID")) rec.Update rec.MoveNext Wend End If
hyphenit:
Code:Function hyphenit(str1 As String) 'check for hyphen already present using instr If IsNull(str1) Then hyphenit = "" Exit Function ElseIf (InStr(1, str1, "-") <> 0) Then hyphenit = str1 Exit Function Else 'if no hyphen, then iterate thru the characters one at a time until isnumeric = true 'then split the string using left(str1, character_pos -1) and mid(str1, character_pos) 'and concatenate with hyphen Dim character_pos As Integer character_pos = 1 For character_pos = 1 To Len(str1) If IsNumeric(Mid(str1, character_pos, 1)) = True Then hyphenit = Left(str1, character_pos - 1) & "-" & Mid(str1, character_pos) Exit Function End If Next 'if isnumeric is NOT true and end of string is reached then hyphenit = str1 End If 'no hyphen found, nor any numbers hyphenit = str1End Function
thanks
I have very very basic skills in Access and have been attempting to work with a database that a previous employee from my office designed. The other day another person in my office moved the folder on our office network that contains the link to open the database and today when I entered our database and tried to click on one of the forms to enter data it is telling me that the path name for that form cannot be found. How do I edit the path name for a form?
Thanks,
Veronika
I get the error invalid syntax for the following line : ( summing up figures in case GetBonus = Yes)
Bonus : iif(getBonus = -1;nz(BonusL1;0)+ NZ([BonusL2];0)+ NZ([BonusL3];0)
could you help ?
I've apparently hit the two gig limit in access. The database won't let me compact/repair. it wont let me save changes to tables. I can't open access by itself and repair the external table. I'm sure that the database could be shrunk down if I could get it to do the repair! I get an "Invalid Argument" error on everything I try to do.
Anyone experience this? Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
i have a problem. The access database we use has been working perfectly on a query which asks for a set of dates to be entered. We have recently added more records and since i tried to run the query i get a statement geting back saying "invalid arguement" why is this?
Can someone please help
I seem to be having some major problems with one of our tables.
Recently a table that has been fine for a long time has developed something corrupt, so it seems.
I found that the LAST entry in the table is nothing but #Error in every single field. When I open the table, I get 'Invalid Entry'. Clicking the 'Help' brings me to a page about 'Invalid Argument (Error 3001)'.
I have tried recreating the table, and copying back ALL the entries except for the #Error one... but the new table ALSO gives me the same message.
Has anyone seen this before? Is it corrupt data? Is it a corrupt table structure? What would be the best course of action to save the remaining data and get this table back to up and running?
Thank you all for your help,
- arm1
I have a Form based on a Table of Clients, names and addresses etc. One of the records appears to be corrupt in some way because any time I attempt to access this record, either on the Table or in the Form, I receive an error message "Invalid Argument". The database then shows #Error in every Text Field and I am forced to CTRL Alt Del to close the Database. I cannot even access the record in order to delete it. Any ideas anyone? Thanks.
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