January 6th, 2010, 01:53 AM
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help designing query to get results
Great - thanks guys and happy new year!
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JoAnn
"Allen Browne" wrote:
Yes, Ken's given you the right approach JoAnn.
Use actually the same expression in the criteria rows under each of your 3
date fields:
Between [enter start date] And [enter end date]
Then declare the 2 parameters in the dialog:
[enter start date] Date/Time
[enter end date] Date/Time
It will only ask you once for the start date and once for the end date.
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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
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"Ken Snell" wrote in message
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You will need to explicitly declare the parameters as a date/time
datatype. While in design view, click on Query on menu bar (assuming
you're using ACCESS 2003 or earlier), then select Parameters from menu
list. In the popup window, type the parameters (one on each row) exactly
as you'll have them in the query, and select Date/Time as the datatype for
each.
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Ken Snell
http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/
"JoAnn" wrote in message
news
Thanks Allen, That worked well when I put in the actual dates into the
criteria, but when I put in a parameter -ex: between [enter start date]
and
[enter end date] it did not work. Is there a way to use a parameter
this
way?
(I will work on redesigning my table as you suggested as well)
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JoAnn
"Allen Browne" wrote:
In query design view, enter the date range in the Criteria row under the
first date field.
Below the Criteria row, you'll see another one marked Or. Enter the same
date range under the 2nd field, in the Or row.
Under the Or row is another Or row. Enter the same range on this next
Or row, under your 3rd date field.
If you often rehire people, it might be a better design to remove these
dates from your table, and put them in a related table (so someone can
be hired multiple times.)
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