Creating A Query From SQL Where Condition - ms-access

I want to create a a query based on the Where condition from the previous statement in the same form, but the query is not being created when i run the button.
Something like this:
Dim qdf As QueryDef
strSql = "SELECT * FROM qryEvents WHERE strWhere"
'Delete the query if it already exists
DoCmd.DeleteObject acQuery, "qryEvents_Search"
Set qdf = CurrentDb.CreateQueryDef("qryEvents_Search", strWhere)
DoCmd.OpenQuery "qryEvents_Search"
'release memory
qdf.Close
Set qdf = Nothing
The Where condition part is:
If Len(strWhere) > 0 Then
If Nz(DCount("*", "qryEvents", Left(strWhere, Len(strWhere) - 0)), 0) > 0 Then
strWhere = "WHERE " & Left(strWhere, Len(strWhere) - 0)
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM qryEvents " & strWhere & ";"

A WHERE clause doesn't make a query. You need the SELECT part too.
e.g.
strNewSql = "SELECT * FROM otherEvents " & strWhere
Set qdf = CurrentDb.CreateQueryDef("qryEvents_Search", strNewSql)

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Access object 424

I am running an expression to loop through a recordset and with a string from each record run an update query on second table. Based on a LIKE match it updates a field to create a relation. I am having problem with Runtime Error '424' Object Required at CurrentDb.Execute.
Tables:
Transactions (main table to update)
TransactionType (relation table of types or categories)
TransSet (List of strings and transactiontype to set to)
Private Sub Toggle1_Click()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Set db = CurrentDb Set rst = db.OpenRecordset("TransSet")
Do Until rst.EOF
CurrentDb.Execute ("UPDATE Transactions SET Transactions.TransactionType =" & (TransSet.TransTypeSet) & " WHERE ((Transactions.TransactionText1) Like * " & (TransSet.TransIdent) & "*))")
rst.MoveNext Loop
rst.Close Set rst = Nothing
End Sub
Reference the recordset object, not the table or query the recordset is based on.
Need apostrophe delimiters for text type fields paramaters.
CurrentDb.Execute ("UPDATE Transactions SET TransactionType ='" & rst!TransTypeSet & "'" & _
" WHERE TransactionText1 Like '*" & rst!TransIdent & "*'")
Thank you - I also had realised my error and fixed the code. I also changed the table name to not confuse with reserved words.
Private Sub Toggle1_Click()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rst = db.OpenRecordset("Select * FROM TransSet")
Do Until rst.EOF
CurrentDb.Execute ("UPDATE Trans SET trans.TransactionType =" & (rst!TransTypeSet) & " WHERE ((Trans.TransactionText1) Like '*" & (rst!TransIdent) & "*');")
' MsgBox ("UPDATE Trans SET trans.TransactionType =" & (rst!TransTypeSet) & " WHERE ((Trans.TransactionText1) Like '*" & (rst!TransIdent) & "*');")
rst.MoveNext
Loop
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
End Sub

Sudden error in SQL criteria

I was using the following SQL - This worked fine
Set rs1 = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT Count(Advisors) AS TotalNumber FROM tbl_ComplaintsCoded WHERE Advisors = '" & Forms!frm_Central_Reporting_ops!Text52.Value & "' AND Year([Mail Date]) = " & Me.Text48.Value & " AND month([Mail Date]) =4")
I have made a slight change to:
Set rs1 = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT Count(PolicyComplaints) AS TotalNumber FROM tbl_ComplaintsCoded WHERE PolicyComplaints = '" & Forms!frm_Central_Reporting_ops!Text52.Value & "' AND Year([Mail Date]) = " & Me.Text48.Value & " AND month([Mail Date]) =4")
The error is:
Data type mismatch in expression
I cant work out at all what has gone so drastically wrong?
Help
You cannot surround calculated field with single quotation marks. Remove the quotation marks and it should work. Here is an example:
Private Sub showQueryData()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim sqlStr As String
sqlStr = "SELECT COUNT(CalculatedField) AS TotalNumber FROM table1 AS tbl WHERE CalculatedField = '2'"
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(sqlStr)
Dim result As String
result = rs!TotalNumber
End Sub
above method will error out due to query parameter '2'. It will work when you remove quotations as below:
Private Sub showQueryData()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim sqlStr As String
sqlStr = "SELECT COUNT(CalculatedField) AS TotalNumber FROM table1 AS tbl WHERE CalculatedField = 2"
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(sqlStr)
Dim result As String
result = rs!TotalNumber
End Sub
I have rewritten your code without surrounding quotations which works in my end:
Set rs1 = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT Count(PolicyComplaints) AS TotalNumber FROM tbl_ComplaintsCoded WHERE PolicyComplaints = " & Forms!frm_Central_Reporting_ops!Text52.Value & " AND Year([Mail Date]) = " & Me.Text48.Value & " AND month([Mail Date]) =4")

Error on a recordset, but same SQL works elsewhere

Error: "Run-time error '3061' Too few parameters. Expected 2.
I wrote this simple function that returns the remaining percentage calculated for number of records changed. It is supposed to occur when the user updates the field called 'percentage' I am certain the code below should work, but obviously something is wrong. It occurs on the line:
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT Tier1, [Percentage], Tier3 AS Battalion, Month " _
& "FROM tbl_CustomPercent " _
& "WHERE (((Tier1)=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbImport_T1]) AND ((Month)=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbMonth]));", dbOpenSnapshot)
I wonder how it could fail when the very same query is what populates the 'record source' for the form with the 'percentage' textbox.
Function RemainingPercentAvailable() As String
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim strSQL As String
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT Tier1, [Percentage], Tier3 AS Battalion, Month " _
& "FROM tbl_CustomPercent " _
& "WHERE (((Tier1)=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbImport_T1]) AND ((Month)=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbMonth]));", dbOpenSnapshot)
Dim CurrentTotal As Single
CurrentTotal = 0
If Not (rs.EOF And rs.BOF) Then
rs.MoveFirst
Do Until rs.EOF = True
CurrentTotal = CurrentTotal + rs!Percentage
rs.MoveNext
Loop
End If
RemainingPercentAvailable = "Remaing available: " & Format(1 - CurrentTotal, "0.000%")
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Function
Adapt your code to use the SELECT statement with a QueryDef, supply values for the parameters, and then open the recordset from the QueryDef.
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim qdf As DAO.QueryDef
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim strSQL As String
strSQL = "SELECT Tier1, [Percentage], Tier3 AS Battalion, [Month] " _
& "FROM tbl_CustomPercent " _
& "WHERE (((Tier1)=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbImport_T1]) AND (([Month])=[Forms]![frmEntry]![cmbMonth]));"
Set db = CurrentDb
Set qdf = db.CreateQueryDef(vbNullString, strSQL )
' supply values for the 2 parameters ...
qdf.Parameters(0).Value = Eval(qdf.Parameters(0).Name)
qdf.Parameters(1).Value = Eval(qdf.Parameters(1).Name)
Set rs = qdf.OpenRecordset
Note: Month is a reserved word. Although that name apparently caused no problems before, I enclosed it in square brackets so the db engine can not confuse the field name with the Month function. It may be an unneeded precaution here, but it's difficult to predict exactly when reserved words will create problems. Actually, it's better to avoid them entirely if possible.
This one is calling a query directly in a DAO.Recordset and it works just fine.
Note the same 'Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(strSQL, dbOpenDynaset) This is a parameter SQL as well.
The only difference is with this one is that I DIDN'T need to move through and analyze the recordset - but the error occurs on the 'Set rs = " line, so I wasn't able to get further anyway.
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim strSQL As String
strSQL = "SELECT Sum(tbl_SP.AFP) AS AFP_TOTAL, tbl_SP.T1_UNIT " _
& "FROM tbl_SP " _
& "GROUP BY tbl_SP.T1_UNIT " _
& "HAVING (((tbl_SP.T1_UNIT)='" & strUnit & "'));"
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(strSQL, dbOpenDynaset)
AFP_Total = rs!AFP_Total
There is an even simpler way to calculate the total percentage.
Instead of looping through the records, you can use the DSum() function.
Note that DSum will return Null if there are no records, so you need to wrap it in Nz().
Just for fun, here is your function but written as one single statement:
Function RemainingPercentAvailable() As String
RemainingPercentAvailable = "Remaining available: " & Format(1 - _
Nz(DSum("Percentage", _
"tbl_CustomPercent", _
"Tier1 = " & QString(cmbImport_T1) & _
" AND [Month] = " & QString(cmbMonth))) _
, "0.000%")
End Function
I don't recommend building a temporary parameterized query in VBA, because it makes the code too complicated. And slower. I prefer to build "pure" SQL that will run directly in the db engine without any callbacks to Access. I'm assuming that your function is defined in the frmEntry form, and that cmbImport_T1 and cmbMonth are string fields. If they are numeric, omit qString().
Here is my version of your function. It handles the empty-recordset case correctly.
Function RemainingPercentAvailable() As String
Dim CurrentTotal As Double, q As String
q = "SELECT Percentage" & _
" FROM tbl_CustomPercent" & _
" WHERE Tier1 = " & QString(cmbImport_T1) & _
" AND [Month] = " & QString(cmbMonth)
CurrentTotal = 0
With CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(q)
While Not .EOF
CurrentTotal = CurrentTotal + .Fields("Percentage")
.MoveNext
Wend
End With
RemainingPercentAvailable = "Remaining available: " & _
Format(1 - CurrentTotal, "0.000%")
End Function
' Return string S quoted, with quotes escaped, for building SQL.
Public Function QString(ByVal S As String) As String
QString = "'" & Replace(S, "'", "''") & "'"
End Function

SQL with no matches found causes MsgBox

My form takes the data the user entered, constructs a SQL statement and returns the results. I would like to have a message box pop up when there are no matches found.
My current code/idea:
If qdf.sql = 0 Then
MsgBox "No clients matching your information." & _
vbCrLf & "have been found. Please try again." & _
, vbCritical, "No Matches"
Else
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSearchResults"
Me.Visible = False
End If
I'm having trouble figuring out the correct syntax for if qdf.sql = 0 .
UPDATE: Full query
Private Sub cmdSearch_Click()
'On Error GoTo cmdSearch_Click_err
Dim db As Database
Dim strSQL As String
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim qdf As QueryDef
Dim strClientID As String
Dim strLastName As String
Dim strFirstName As String
Dim strDOB As String
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(qdf.sql)
' call QueryCheck module to determine if query exists
If Not QueryExists("qrySearch") Then
Set qdf = db.CreateQueryDef("qrySearch")
Else
Set qdf = db.QueryDefs("qrySearch")
End If
' handle nulls in the user's entries
If IsNull(Me.txtClientID.Value) Then
strClientID = " Like '*' "
Else
strClientID = "='" & Me.txtClientID.Value & "' "
End If
If IsNull(Me.txtLastName.Value) Then
strLastName = " Like '*' "
Else
strLastName = " Like '" & Me.txtLastName.Value & "*' "
End If
If IsNull(Me.txtFirstName.Value) Then
strFirstName = " Like '*' "
Else
strFirstName = " Like '*" & Me.txtFirstName.Value & "*' "
End If
If IsNull(Me.txtDOB.Value) Then
strDOB = " Like '*' "
Else
strDOB = "='" & Me.txtDOB.Value & "' "
End If
strSQL = "SELECT Clients.* " & _
"FROM Clients " & _
"WHERE Clients.clientid" & strClientID & _
"AND Clients.namelast" & strLastName & _
"AND Clients.namefirst" & strFirstName & _
"AND Clients.birthdate" & strDOB & _
"ORDER BY Clients.namelast,Clients.namefirst;"
Debug.Print strSQL
' check to see if the results form is open and close if it is
DoCmd.Echo False
If Application.SysCmd(acSysCmdGetObjectState, acForm, "frmSearchResults") = acObjStateOpen Then
DoCmd.Close acForm, "frmSearchResults"
End If
' run SQL statment
qdf.sql = strSQL
' check for no matches found
If rs.RecordCount = 0 Then
MsgBox "No clients matching your information were found." & _
vbCrLf & "Please search again.", vbInformation, "No Matches"
Else
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSearchResults"
Me.Visible = False
End If
'cmdSearch_Click_exit:
' DoCmd.Echo True
' Set qdf = Nothing
' Set db = Nothing
'Exit Sub
'cmdSearch_Click_err:
' MsgBox "An unexpected error has occurred." & _
' vbCrLf & "Please note of the following details and contact the EIIS support desk:" & _
' vbCrLf & "Error Number: " & Err.Number & _
' vbCrLf & "Description: " & Err.Description _
' , vbCritical, "Error"
' Resume cmdSearch_Click_exit
End Sub
The reason that If qdf.sql = 0 then won't perform a proper check is that qdf contains the information about your query such as the SQL text that you are checking in that statement but not the results.
To get the results of the query you need to assign it to a Recordset after you have build your query. So first build your query and then assign it to the record set.
Dim db as DAO.Database
Set db = CurrentDb
Dim qdf as DAO.Querydef
Set qdf = db.CreateQueryDef("qrySearch")
Dim rs as DAO.Recordset
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(qdf.sql)
You can then check what your record set has returned.
If rs.RecordCount = 0 then
So where you have your line ' run SQL statment you would want to place the Set rs line.
If you have any ADO experience you can use something like
dim strSQL as String
dim conn as Connection
dim cmd as Command
dim rs as Recordset
(set up connection/command here)
cmd.commandtext = (your select query)
set rs = Command.execute
if rs.eof then
(or if rs.recordcount = 0 however returning a recordcount requires the correct cursortype - usually adOpenStatic - to be used)
'msgbox no match
else
'do stuff
If any of this is alien, then post your actual query and I'll try and give you the code in full. Good luck!

Copy Row to same Table in new Database

I have very little experience with Access Databases however I have wrote a similar VBA macro in excel. I am trying to copy rows from one .mdb file into the exact same table on a different .mdb file. However I would like it to only import it if it does not already exsist. Could someone please advise me the best way to go about this and maybe some code I can use and modify? I have already looked around stack overflow and can't seem to find any examples that work.
There are 8 different tables and inside these a few hundred rows. with maybe 5-20 columns.
If the script could be made inside VBS this would be ideal, as it would allow me to run the updates without loading into access.
Thanks for any help or advice,
Simon
EDIT -
Zev's answer seems to do the job however I am getting this error, also the MDB inside site2 is the one I am copying from and putting it into site1
Error: Expected end of statement
Code: 800A0401
Line: 17
Char: 13
Code (saved as "update.vbs"):
Dim eng
Set eng = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine.120")
Set dest = eng.OpenDatabase("C:\Users\simon\Documents\garden games redesign\import script\Site1\ActinicCatalog.mdb")
Sub CopyTable()
Dim rs
Set rs = dest.OpenRecordset("Person")
Dim sWhere
For Each fld In rs.Fields
sWhere = sWhere & " AND " & fld.Name & " <> t1." & fld.Name
Next
sWhere = Mid(sWhere, 6)
Dim sql: sql= _
"INSERT INTO Person " & _
"SELECT * " & _
"FROM Person AS t1 IN ""C:\Users\simon\Documents\garden games redesign\import script\Site2\ActinicCatalog.mdb"" " & _
"WHERE " & sWhere
dest.Execute(sql)
End Sub
Edit for more info:
\Site1\ActinicCatalog.mdb - is destination database
\Site2\ActinicCatalog.mdb - is original database
These databases have about 20 columns
Here is an example to get you started. It copies the content of [Table1] of the current database to [Table1] of a second database.
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Sub copyTables()
'Open source database
Dim dSource As Database
Set dSource = CurrentDb
'Open dest database
Dim dDest As Database
Set dDest = DAO.OpenDatabase("C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\DBdest.accdb")
'Open source recordset
Dim rSource As Recordset
Set rSource = dSource.OpenRecordset("Table1", dbOpenForwardOnly)
'Open dest recordset
Dim rDest As Recordset
Set rDest = dDest.OpenRecordset("Table1", dbOpenDynaset)
'Loop through source recordset
While Not rSource.EOF
'Look for record in dest recordset
rDest.FindFirst _
"Field1 = '" & rSource.Fields("Field1") & "' AND " & _
"Field2 = " & rSource.Fields("Field2")
'If not found, copy record - Field1 is text / Field2 is numeric
If rDest.NoMatch Then
rDest.AddNew
rDest.Fields("Field1") = rSource.Fields("Field1")
rDest.Fields("Field2") = rSource.Fields("Field2")
rDest.Update
End If
'Next source record
rSource.MoveNext
Wend
'Close dest recordset
rDest.Close
Set rDest = Nothing
'Close source recordset
rSource.Close
Set rSource = Nothing
'Close dest database
dDest.Close
Set dDest = Nothing
'Close source database
dSource.Close
Set dSource = Nothing
End Sub
I would suggest using an SQL statement if possible. From VBScript using DAO/ACE:
Dim eng
Set eng = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine.120")
Set dest = eng.OpenDatabase("path\to\destination\database.accdb")
Using ADO:
Dim conn
Set conn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
With conn
.Provider = "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0"
.ConnectionString = "Data Source=""path\to\destination\database.accdb"";"
.Open
End With
The SQL statement would be something like this:
INSERT INTO Table1
SELECT *
FROM Table1 AS t1 IN "path\to\source\database.accdb"
WHERE Table1.Field1 <> t1.Field1
and executed like this:
Dim sql = _
"INSERT INTO Table1 " & _
"SELECT * " & _
"FROM Table1 AS t1 IN "path\to\source\database.accdb" " & _
"WHERE Table1.Field1 <> t1.Field1"
'Using DAO or ADO
dest.Execute sql
Considering that each table has a variable number of columns, you might have to generate the WHERE expression dynamically:
Sub CopyTable(tablename)
Dim rs
Set rs = dest.OpenRecordset(tablename)
'if using ADO:
'Set rs = conn.Execute(tablename)
Dim sWhere
For Each fld In rs.Fields
sWhere = sWhere & " AND " & fld.Name & " <> t1." & fld.Name
Next
sWhere = Mid(sWhere, 6)
Dim sql
sql = _
"INSERT INTO " & tablename & " " & _
"SELECT * " & _
"FROM " & tablename & " AS t1 IN ""path\to\source\database.accdb"" " & _
"WHERE " & sWhere
dest.Execute(sql)
End Sub
Update
If you are only using one column to determine whether the record exists, the SQL statement should look like this:
INSERT INTO Table1
SELECT *
FROM Table1 AS t1 IN "path\to\source\database.accdb"
LEFT JOIN Table1 ON t1.FirstField = Table1.FirstField
WHERE Table1.FirstField IS NULL
and CopyTable like this:
Sub CopyTable(tablename)
Dim rs
Set rs = dest.OpenRecordset(tablename)
'if using ADO:
'Set rs = conn.Execute(tablename)
Dim field0Name
field0Name=rs.Fields(0).Name
Dim sql
sql = _
"INSERT INTO " & tablename & " " & _
"SELECT * " & _
"FROM " & tablename & " AS t1 IN ""path\to\source\database.accdb"" " & _
"LEFT JOIN " & tablename & " ON t1." & field0Name & "=" & tablename & "." & field0Name & " " & _
"WHERE " & tablename & "." & field0Name & " IS NULL"
dest.Execute(sql)
End Sub