Trying to get difference in Meter readings between rows

I have an equipment repair table called Repair_History.
Each row represents a work order for a particular piece
of equipment. Each row has several columns including
Equipment#, WorkOrder#, Meter and WO_Date. For each
equipment number in the table I need get the interval
meter readings from one work order to next. So I need a
query sorted by equipment that will give the following
fields:
Equipment #, Current_Workorder, Current_Workorder_Date,
Current_Workorder_Meter, Previous_Workorder_Meter,
Meter_Difference.

The first occurance for each Equipment # would have a
blank in it's "Previous_Workorder_Meter" field since it
is the first workorder for that equipment and there is no
previous.

I cannot get Access to pick up the correct previous meter
in my queries. Can anyone help!
Thanks,
Mike

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:52:15 -0700, Mike S. wrote:

I have an equipment repair table called Repair_History.
Each row represents a work order for a particular piece
of equipment. Each row has several columns including
Equipment#, WorkOrder#, Meter and WO_Date. For each
equipment number in the table I need get the interval
meter readings from one work order to next. So I need a
query sorted by equipment that will give the following
fields:
Equipment #, Current_Workorder, Current_Workorder_Date,
Current_Workorder_Meter, Previous_Workorder_Meter,
Meter_Difference.

The first occurance for each Equipment # would have a
blank in it's "Previous_Workorder_Meter" field since it
is the first workorder for that equipment and there is no
previous.

I cannot get Access to pick up the correct previous meter
in my queries. Can anyone help!
Thanks,
Mike

Here is a similar query that computes miles driven by a fleet of cars.
I'm sure you can adapt it to your needs.

SELECT tblMultiCars.Auto, tblMultiCars.dteDate, tblMultiCars.Mileage,
Abs([Mileage]-DLookUp("Nz([Mileage])","tblMultiCars","[Auto] = '" &
[Auto] & "' and Month([dteDate]) = " & Month([dteDate])+1)) AS
MilesTraveled
FROM tblMultiCars
ORDER BY tblMultiCars.Auto, tblMultiCars.dteDate DESC;


Change the table name to your table name.
Auto should be your Equipment# field (Text datatype), Mileage should
be your Meter reading field, and dteDate is the WorkOrder data..
Change the Order By to sort differently if desired.
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The solution is in this MS KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com:80/supp.../q101/0/81.asp

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Mike S. wrote:
I have an equipment repair table called Repair_History.
Each row represents a work order for a particular piece
of equipment. Each row has several columns including
Equipment#, WorkOrder#, Meter and WO_Date. For each
equipment number in the table I need get the interval
meter readings from one work order to next. So I need a
query sorted by equipment that will give the following
fields:
Equipment #, Current_Workorder, Current_Workorder_Date,
Current_Workorder_Meter, Previous_Workorder_Meter,
Meter_Difference.

The first occurance for each Equipment # would have a
blank in it's "Previous_Workorder_Meter" field since it
is the first workorder for that equipment and there is no
previous.

I cannot get Access to pick up the correct previous meter
in my queries. Can anyone help!
Thanks,
Mike