"John W. Vinson" wrote:

On Fri, 21 May 2010 13:35:01 -0700, S.E.
wrote:

I get a "type mismatch in expression" when saving a query. Why do I get this
and how do I correct this? My suspicion is my customerID and barcode fields
are not both autonumbers or the same type to relate but under the
relationships they join up. Please help.

My guess is that you're another victim of the misleading "Lookup Wizard" field
type. A barcode would normally be a Text field, and I'm guessing that the
CustomerID is an Autonumber (a long integer).

Posting the SQL of the query and your fields' datatypes would help.
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John W. Vinson [MVP]
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Thanks for a response. Correct on all accounts. One is a autonumber that is a long integer. The other is a text which I input using a barcode scanner. The barcode happens to be setup to input the customer's ID which corresponds to the customer ID in the other table. I'm not sure about the SQL's b/c I have limited knowledge on this aspect. BTW, the tables are not joined in any way through the relationship if that matters.

Can you walk me through posting the SQL you referred to above?