Calculations using time and currency

I have been trying to figure out how to take the number of hours worked field
and multiply it by the hourly wage field in order to get the gross pay, but I
either come up with #Name? or #Error?. The expression that I had been trying
to utilize was =Sum([HoursWorked]*[Hourly Wage]). I had even tried utilizing
the expression =(DateDiff(("n",[TimeIn],[TimeOut])/60)*([Hourly Wage]).
However, when I type that expression in and then go back to the Form View the
box is just blank.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or help to solve the problem that
I am having. I believe that it might have something to do with the
expression, but I am now exactly sure.

Thanks, Joe

Where? Where are you trying to do this?

Have you tried creating a Totals query to generate that value?

More info, please...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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"joseph.johnson4" wrote in
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I have been trying to figure out how to take the number of hours worked
field
and multiply it by the hourly wage field in order to get the gross pay,
but I
either come up with #Name? or #Error?. The expression that I had been
trying
to utilize was =Sum([HoursWorked]*[Hourly Wage]). I had even tried
utilizing
the expression =(DateDiff(("n",[TimeIn],[TimeOut])/60)*([Hourly Wage]).
However, when I type that expression in and then go back to the Form View
the
box is just blank.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or help to solve the problem
that
I am having. I believe that it might have something to do with the
expression, but I am now exactly sure.

Thanks, Joe

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:15:01 -0700, joseph.johnson4
wrote:

I have been trying to figure out how to take the number of hours worked field
and multiply it by the hourly wage field in order to get the gross pay, but I
either come up with #Name? or #Error?. The expression that I had been trying
to utilize was =Sum([HoursWorked]*[Hourly Wage]). I had even tried utilizing
the expression =(DateDiff(("n",[TimeIn],[TimeOut])/60)*([Hourly Wage]).
However, when I type that expression in and then go back to the Form View the
box is just blank.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or help to solve the problem that
I am having. I believe that it might have something to do with the
expression, but I am now exactly sure.

Thanks, Joe

Where are you trying to do this? on a Form? If so, what's the form's
Recordsource? Please open the form in design view, view its properties, and
click the ... icon by the Recordsource; post the SQL view of the query (if
it's a query). It would help to know the datatypes of the fields you mention.

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