Problem Passing Parameter from Form

If I hard code in the following into the critera:
Like [!T]*
Any record that starts with T is not returned.
If I pass the same thing, [!T]*, from a form to:
Like [Forms]![frmTest]![Name]
Nothing is returned. Why can’t I pass, [!T]* from the form and get the same
results as if I hardcode it into the criteria?

When you pass it from a form, Access sees it as a string. It looks like:
"[!T]*" which isn't the same thing as [!T]*.

You might be able to create an SQL statement in a VBA module and get it to
work correctly.
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Jerry Whittle, Microsoft Access MVP
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"autigger" wrote:

If I hard code in the following into the critera:
Like [!T]*
Any record that starts with T is not returned.
If I pass the same thing, [!T]*, from a form to:
Like [Forms]![frmTest]![Name]
Nothing is returned. Why can’t I pass, [!T]* from the form and get the same
results as if I hardcode it into the criteria?

Another possibility ... try using the Evaluate() function to see if you can
persuade Access to treat what you are passing as criteria, not a string.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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"autigger" wrote in message
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If I hard code in the following into the critera:
Like [!T]*
Any record that starts with T is not returned.
If I pass the same thing, [!T]*, from a form to:
Like [Forms]![frmTest]![Name]
Nothing is returned. Why can't I pass, [!T]* from the form and get the
same
results as if I hardcode it into the criteria?

That should work. Even if you enter [!T]* as criteria, it will get changed to
Like "[!T]*"
by the expression service

So the question might be to check and see exactly what is being passed in.
Put [Forms]![frmTest]![Name] in as a calculated field with no criteria where
you are presently inputting the criteria and see what the query returns.


John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

autigger wrote:
If I hard code in the following into the critera:
Like [!T]*
Any record that starts with T is not returned.
If I pass the same thing, [!T]*, from a form to:
Like [Forms]![frmTest]![Name]
Nothing is returned. Why can’t I pass, [!T]* from the form and get the same
results as if I hardcode it into the criteria?