#Error message

My problem is this. I am trying to create a field that counts the number of
"Yes" responses in a text field. I enter the following in the Control Source
of a text box that I place on my form:
=DCount("[TipsandTricks]","[ConfinedSpace]","Yes"). When I complete the
entry, I receive an #Error result in the text box I created to calculate the
number of "Yes" entries. What am I doing wrong?

You could try:
=DCount("*", "[ConfinedSpace]" ,"[TipsandTricks] = True")

But this may be quicker:
= - DSum("TipsandTricks", "[ConfinedSpace]")

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"IowaHawkeye" wrote in message
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My problem is this. I am trying to create a field that counts the number
of
"Yes" responses in a text field. I enter the following in the Control
Source
of a text box that I place on my form:
=DCount("[TipsandTricks]","[ConfinedSpace]","Yes"). When I complete the
entry, I receive an #Error result in the text box I created to calculate
the
number of "Yes" entries. What am I doing wrong?

If [TipsandTricks] is the field with the Yes/No value and
[ConfinedSpace] is the table/query, then it should be;

=DCount("[TipsandTricks]","[ConfinedSpace]","[TipsandTricks] = 'Yes'")

Another option might be;

=Sum(Iif([TipsandTricks] = 'Yes', 1, 0))

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Sean Bailey


"IowaHawkeye" wrote:

My problem is this. I am trying to create a field that counts the number of
"Yes" responses in a text field. I enter the following in the Control Source
of a text box that I place on my form:
=DCount("[TipsandTricks]","[ConfinedSpace]","Yes"). When I complete the
entry, I receive an #Error result in the text box I created to calculate the
number of "Yes" entries. What am I doing wrong?