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How to use Mid function in SQL statement?

I have the following codes that look for the common records of two tables and join the caseIDs for these common records as one string:

With CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT tbl_A.* FROM tbl_A INNER JOIN tbl_B ON " _
& "Mid(tlb_A.aFieldThatContainsCaseID, 58, 5) = tbl_B.caseID WHERE tbl_A.fld_1 IS NOT NULL")
  While Not .EOF
  existVal = Mid(.Fields("aFieldThatContainsCaseID"), 58, 5) & " " & existVal
  .MoveNext
  Wend
.Close
End With

But error occurs saying type mismatch. I think the problem lies in the Mid function in the SQL statement. Can anyone suggest a way out?
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in sql server, the "mid" function is calls substring.
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angellll,

I tried your codes... Although no error shows, there is nothing written to the string existVal.

Can you help?
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The problem is solved by using Val to convert whatever Mid function returns to numbers.

Thank you guys.