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Hi,
i'm having trouble filtering data by "Date" on a subform. The situation is: I have two comboboxes and with them you specifiy the range of dates that should be displayed on the subform. Let's say that their names are: "Date1" and "Date2". I used two methods to filter, but both were not successful. First i used:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
(MYDate is the filed which contains dates)
It seemed OK, but then i noticed that when i selected let's say 1/1/00 in the first combo and 4/12/00 in the second, the records displayed were actually from 1/1/00 to 12/4/00, so the days were considered as months and vice versa.
Next i used the BuildCriteria method:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
, but then something strange happened. I got the error message "You cancelled the previous operation". I was put in the debug mode and i checked what was the produced criteria like. It was:
MYDate>=#1/1/2001#/0 And MYDate<=#12/4/2000#
I really don't know where the expression #1/1/2001#/0 comes from, and also if that expression was correct, in the second date the months are used again as days??
What am i doing wrong??????
i'm having trouble filtering data by "Date" on a subform. The situation is: I have two comboboxes and with them you specifiy the range of dates that should be displayed on the subform. Let's say that their names are: "Date1" and "Date2". I used two methods to filter, but both were not successful. First i used:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
(MYDate is the filed which contains dates)
It seemed OK, but then i noticed that when i selected let's say 1/1/00 in the first combo and 4/12/00 in the second, the records displayed were actually from 1/1/00 to 12/4/00, so the days were considered as months and vice versa.
Next i used the BuildCriteria method:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
, but then something strange happened. I got the error message "You cancelled the previous operation". I was put in the debug mode and i checked what was the produced criteria like. It was:
MYDate>=#1/1/2001#/0 And MYDate<=#12/4/2000#
I really don't know where the expression #1/1/2001#/0 comes from, and also if that expression was correct, in the second date the months are used again as days??
What am i doing wrong??????
nico5038, why yyyy/mm/dd ?
I can't use my locale format, since DB can't handle it, so I convert everything to US format (mm/dd/yyyy). I didn't found any document that would recommend some format...
What are your reasons for yyyy/mm/dd ?
I can't use my locale format, since DB can't handle it, so I convert everything to US format (mm/dd/yyyy). I didn't found any document that would recommend some format...
What are your reasons for yyyy/mm/dd ?
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Hi nico5038,
how do you obtain that the dates are stored exactly in the
yyyy/mm/dd format ?
how do you obtain that the dates are stored exactly in the
yyyy/mm/dd format ?
I must add that I've always used the US date format, mm/dd/yyyy which, whilst it makes no sense to me as a Brit where the logical date order is dd/mm/yyyy, this always seems to work with Access. Therefore:
WHERE MyDate >= #(your date as format mm/dd/yyyy)#
AND MyDate <= #(your date as format mm/dd/yyyy)#
Or as Nico suggests, use the BETWEEN operator.
J.
WHERE MyDate >= #(your date as format mm/dd/yyyy)#
AND MyDate <= #(your date as format mm/dd/yyyy)#
Or as Nico suggests, use the BETWEEN operator.
J.
Internally Access will store a date as a relative daynumber starting on 31-12-1899.
The way a date is seen depends on the regional settings and input-mask.
You can constructed a field looking like:
03/02/01
and after re-typing exactly the same date you'll get:
02/03/01
The yyyy-mm-dd format is safe as Access always assumes after a fourdigit year a month will follow.
Otherwise it sometimes checks the fields for being >12 and concludes then it's a day, when the value is less however it takes it as a month...
Thus I often even "drop" the date format totally and just use a number like 20010809. That sorts OK.
Nic;o)
The way a date is seen depends on the regional settings and input-mask.
You can constructed a field looking like:
03/02/01
and after re-typing exactly the same date you'll get:
02/03/01
The yyyy-mm-dd format is safe as Access always assumes after a fourdigit year a month will follow.
Otherwise it sometimes checks the fields for being >12 and concludes then it's a day, when the value is less however it takes it as a month...
Thus I often even "drop" the date format totally and just use a number like 20010809. That sorts OK.
Nic;o)
I have alwaysd used date in the format #dd-mmm-yyyy#
This comes out as #12-MAR-2001# - it is recognised as a valid date by Oracle, Access, SQL Server etc.
This comes out as #12-MAR-2001# - it is recognised as a valid date by Oracle, Access, SQL Server etc.
ASKER
Hi,
i used the following code:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
and it seemed to work correctly since i brought the database to another computer. There i got an error message saying "The expression you entered has invalid . (dot) or ! operator or invalid parentheses". On the previous computer i had the date separator set to "/", but on the current it's set to ".", so i changed it to "/" and it was all OK. So, how can i make the filter indepenedent from that settings ?
i used the following code:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
and it seemed to work correctly since i brought the database to another computer. There i got an error message saying "The expression you entered has invalid . (dot) or ! operator or invalid parentheses". On the previous computer i had the date separator set to "/", but on the current it's set to ".", so i changed it to "/" and it was all OK. So, how can i make the filter indepenedent from that settings ?
I normally use a dash ("-") and have little problems.
BTW I would set the filter with a date-type field like:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
" AND " & Date2
Access will do the translation then for you.
When you have stringfields use:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
"# AND #" & Date2 & "#"
But then the format must be OK....
Nic;o)
BTW I would set the filter with a date-type field like:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
" AND " & Date2
Access will do the translation then for you.
When you have stringfields use:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
"# AND #" & Date2 & "#"
But then the format must be OK....
Nic;o)
ASKER
Hi nico,
you said that you use the dash, but as i said before, the filter should be independent from this setting, because otherwise i (or the user) should change the regional settings every time the database is brought to another computer. So, is it even possible to make it independent?
you said that you use the dash, but as i said before, the filter should be independent from this setting, because otherwise i (or the user) should change the regional settings every time the database is brought to another computer. So, is it even possible to make it independent?
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Hi nico!
I finally solved the problem!
I used the following syntax:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
Sorry, i know you suggested me to use BETWEEN, but once it worked, i let it as it is now. Btw, the problem was in the use of brackets "[ ]". In the beggining i used this syntax:
..." & Date1 & "...
and, as i said, i always got an error message if the date separator was set to "."
Then i changed it to
..." & [Date1].Value & "...
As you see above i also added the .Value property, even if i don't know if it's really necessary, but it works, so...
Could you please tell me what's the difference between Date1 and [Date1] .
I finally solved the problem!
I used the following syntax:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
Sorry, i know you suggested me to use BETWEEN, but once it worked, i let it as it is now. Btw, the problem was in the use of brackets "[ ]". In the beggining i used this syntax:
..." & Date1 & "...
and, as i said, i always got an error message if the date separator was set to "."
Then i changed it to
..." & [Date1].Value & "...
As you see above i also added the .Value property, even if i don't know if it's really necessary, but it works, so...
Could you please tell me what's the difference between Date1 and [Date1] .
It should make no difference to use Date1 or [Date1], however sometimes Access will translate the text into a string....
Just check this in the criteria part of the query editor.
To force Access to see it as a field (iso textstring) the brackets ("[]") can be used. In case you have a fieldname with an intermediate space, you need to use them anyhow.
Indeed the ".value" is obsolete, as it's the default property of a field, but it's always clear when you specify it.
Just copy/paste your query and try:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
" AND " & [Date2]
This saves the "BuildCriteria" (new to me!) and it's exactly what you would specify behind the WHERE of a query.
I personally use filters and pass them as the "WHERE-part" parameter when activating a report or other form....
Glad it's working now and success with the application.
Nic;o)
Just check this in the criteria part of the query editor.
To force Access to see it as a field (iso textstring) the brackets ("[]") can be used. In case you have a fieldname with an intermediate space, you need to use them anyhow.
Indeed the ".value" is obsolete, as it's the default property of a field, but it's always clear when you specify it.
Just copy/paste your query and try:
[MainForm_Subform].Form.Fi
" AND " & [Date2]
This saves the "BuildCriteria" (new to me!) and it's exactly what you would specify behind the WHERE of a query.
I personally use filters and pass them as the "WHERE-part" parameter when activating a report or other form....
Glad it's working now and success with the application.
Nic;o)
To be 100% sure, I always use yyyy/mm/dd format when using dates between #'s, as there is no switch of day and month possible!
BTW the best filter will be using BETWEEN iso ">= AND <=", as access will perform for the BETWEEN only one compare iso two for the ">= AND <=" !
Nic;o)