Okay, you have a valid reason. You are excused

I would not use the WHERE clause as you have it written.
I would use WHERE Year([DISCHARGEDATE]) = 2008
--
Dave Hargis, Microsoft Access MVP


"Chuck W" wrote:

Hi,
Thanks for your help. I tried your suggestion and it worked. I also needed
# around my dates. I am actually creating a table that another program uses
by importing from access. It won't import a query but will import a table.
It requires the DISCHARGEYEAR field.

Thanks,

Chuck

"Klatuu" wrote:

You are trying to update a numeric field with a text value.

UPDATE AHRQ SET AHRQ.[DISCHARGEYEAR] = "2008"

Should be

UPDATE AHRQ SET AHRQ.[DISCHARGEYEAR] = 2008

But, stop what you are doing and step away from the computer. What you are
doing is a bad idea. That is just creating redundant data. You can always
extract the year by using the either the Year() function:
Year( [DISCHARGEDATE])

You can also filter your data for the year you want like this:

WHERE Year([DISCHARGEDATE]) = 2008

Now if you are telling me this is to move the records to another table, I
would caution against that. It makes life more difficult when you have to go
back and find those records. It is better to leave the records in the table
and use queries to select the data you want to retrieve.
--
Dave Hargis, Microsoft Access MVP


"Chuck W" wrote:

Hi,
I have a table called AHRQ with a date/time field called DISCHARGEDATE and a
numeric field that is currently blank called DISCHARGEYEAR. The
DISCHARGEDATE field has normal date values (i.e. 6/1/2008). I want to run an
update query that will populate the DISCHARGEYEAR field with the value 2008
if the discharge date is a 2008 date. I keep getting an "Data Type mismatch
in criteria expression" error when I run the following query. I have changed
the format of the DISCHARGEYEAR field from text to numeric but get the same
error. Can someone help?

Thanks,



UPDATE AHRQ SET AHRQ.[DISCHARGEYEAR] = "2008"
WHERE (([DISCHARGEDATE] Between "1/1/2008" And "12/31/2008"));