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TextBox reads entry as numeric instead of text
I have table tblPatients with the following fields:
PatientIDNum (Autonumber) PatientNameLast (Text) PatientNameFirst (Text) PatientMRNum (Text) Field PatientMRNum is a 7 character medical record number each character of which is incidently a numeric character. I have a form with TextBox txtIDNum in which users the patient's MRNum number. A command button on the form has the following code: MsgBox "Is patient " & DLookup("PatientNameLast", "tblPatients", "PatientMRNum=" & txtPatientMRNum) & " the patient whose chart you're reviewing?" Unfortunately, DLookup apparently thinks the contents of txtPatientMRNum are integers because this code generates a data mismatch error. The code WILL work perfectly if I change the datatype of PatientMRNum in tblPatients to Number (but I don't want to do this). Is there a way to get the txtMRNum to interpret the entry as a simple text instead of a numeric? Thanks in advance! John |
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TextBox reads entry as numeric instead of text
Actually, since you're not telling DLookup that PatientMRNum is text, Access
thinks you mean it's a number, and then it chokes on it! That's why you're getting the type mismatch. If you want Access to treat what's in [txtPatientMRNum] as text, you'll need to add quotes around it. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "John S. Ford, MD" wrote in message ... I have table tblPatients with the following fields: PatientIDNum (Autonumber) PatientNameLast (Text) PatientNameFirst (Text) PatientMRNum (Text) Field PatientMRNum is a 7 character medical record number each character of which is incidently a numeric character. I have a form with TextBox txtIDNum in which users the patient's MRNum number. A command button on the form has the following code: MsgBox "Is patient " & DLookup("PatientNameLast", "tblPatients", "PatientMRNum=" & txtPatientMRNum) & " the patient whose chart you're reviewing?" Unfortunately, DLookup apparently thinks the contents of txtPatientMRNum are integers because this code generates a data mismatch error. The code WILL work perfectly if I change the datatype of PatientMRNum in tblPatients to Number (but I don't want to do this). Is there a way to get the txtMRNum to interpret the entry as a simple text instead of a numeric? Thanks in advance! John |
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