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February 23rd, 2010, 08:07 AM
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MAX function is not picking right date in ms access
Hi Access Gurus,
Can you please help on the following issue. We are facing difficulty to find out latest date of each customer. We used MAX functionality, surprisingly this has given a wrong result. Can you please assist us to get the desired value. Your fastest reply would really appreciated. . Here is the details of the issue Table: Customer Format: Text for all fields Date format in the source table: DD.MM.YYYY Customers: 301000016, 301000043 Reference DocumentNo Doc Date Net due dt Customer GLE-0801 100024068 31.03.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 100024353 07.04.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 ANZBWAUD 08044 1400000301 07.04.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 1200001298 13.03.2009 13.03.2009 301000043 1200011327 13.03.2009 13.03.2009 301000043 CLR OLD PROV 1200012025 01.06.2009 01.06.2009 301000043 1200020506 19.03.2009 19.03.2009 301000043 Following is the result of the query with Max functionality MaxOfDoc Date Customer 31.03.2008 301000016 19.03.2009 301000043 The result what we are expecting is: 301000016-07.04.2008 301000043-01.06.2009 Thanks in advance, Regards, Eluru 
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February 23rd, 2010, 09:02 AM
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MAX function is not picking right date in ms access
Your mistake was to use a TEXT field to store your dates.
Access then sorts/evaluates the field as text. To solve your problem (plus many others you will have), use a Date/Time field instead. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Eluruking" wrote in message ... Hi Access Gurus, Can you please help on the following issue. We are facing difficulty to find out latest date of each customer. We used MAX functionality, surprisingly this has given a wrong result. Can you please assist us to get the desired value. Your fastest reply would really appreciated. . Here is the details of the issue Table: Customer Format: Text for all fields Date format in the source table: DD.MM.YYYY Customers: 301000016, 301000043 Reference DocumentNo Doc Date Net due dt Customer GLE-0801 100024068 31.03.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 100024353 07.04.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 ANZBWAUD 08044 1400000301 07.04.2008 07.04.2008 301000016 1200001298 13.03.2009 13.03.2009 301000043 1200011327 13.03.2009 13.03.2009 301000043 CLR OLD PROV 1200012025 01.06.2009 01.06.2009 301000043 1200020506 19.03.2009 19.03.2009 301000043 Following is the result of the query with Max functionality MaxOfDoc Date Customer 31.03.2008 301000016 19.03.2009 301000043 The result what we are expecting is: 301000016-07.04.2008 301000043-01.06.2009 Thanks in advance, Regards, Eluru
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