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your function's last line is wrong:<br />

<pre><code id="code-106432">Function GetDate()
   dim a 
    a = weekday(now(),vbmonday)
    a = int(now())-a
    GetDate = a
End Function
</code></pre>
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your function's last line is wrong:


Function GetDate()
   dim a 
    a = weekday(now(),vbmonday)
    a = int(now())-a
    GetDate = a
End Function


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Sorry you are right i re-wrote the function incorrectly [only here ((-:] &nbsp;but is there anything else which seems wrong.
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Sorry you are right i re-wrote the function incorrectly [only here ((-:]  but is there anything else which seems wrong.

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Thanks - i think i was using the field name too instead of an alias.
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Thanks - i think i was using the field name too instead of an alias.

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STATUS:IIF([The_Date]&lt;= GetDate() AND IsNull([STATUS]),&quot;Write&quot;,[<wbr />STATUS])<br />
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I have a vba module with function,<br />
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or if I could get it to work just by using SQL<br />
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<pre><code id="code-106422">Function GetDate()
   dim a 
    a = weekday(now(),vbmonday)
    a = int(now())-a
    a = GetDate
End Function
</code></pre>
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STATUS:IIF([The_Date]<= GetDate() AND IsNull([STATUS]),"Write",[STATUS])

I have a vba module with function,


or if I could get it to work just by using SQL


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