If Statement in MS Access

Create a query based on the following SQL statement.

SELECT TblTrades.ID, TblTrades.Laborer, IIf([Laborer]=True,"Laborer"," ") AS txtLaborer, TblTrades.Carpenter, IIf([Carpenter]=True,"Carpenter"," ") AS txtCarpenter, TblTrades.Other
FROM TblTrades;

My table is called TblTrades with fields ID (Autonumber), Laborer (Yes/No), Carpenter (Yes/No) and Other (Text).

To do this, open a blank Query in SQL view and paste the SELECT . . . statement (including the semi-colon) into the SQL window.

If your table and/or field names differ from mine, change them in the SQL statement before changing views.

For the report only use the txtLaborer, txtCarpenter and Other fields.

J.

select IIf([laborer]=-1,"Laborer",iif([carpenter]=-1,"Carpenter",[Other])) as Trade
from  TableX

Cap's nearly got it, but the parentheses look wonky.  Here's my attempt!

SELECT ((Iif([laborer]=True, "Laborer", Null) & vbCrLf) & (Iif([carpenter]=True,"Carpenter", Null) & vbCrLf) & Nz([Other],"") As Trade 
FROM tblMyTableName

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Each "Iif" statement will return either the word with a carriage return/linefeed or Null.  There's a trick called "Null concatenation where "string" + Null returns Null, but "string" & Null returns "string".  I've used that to concatenate a newline with each term if it's there.  i.e. When [laborer] is True, then Iif([laborer],"Laborer", Null) will return the string "Laborer".  Concatenate that with an "&" to vbCrLf gives your newline.  But if it's False, then it returns a Null.  Concatenate the Null with the next expression using "&" and you just get the next expression.

It's a handy trick for odd conditional concatenation.

This is the entire SQL Statement:
SELECT Information.FirstName, Information.LastName, Information.AppDate, Information.Address, Information.Ward, Information.City, Information.State, Information.Zip, Information.Phone,
((Iif([laborer]=True, "Laborer", Null) & vbCrLf) & (Iif([carpenter]=True,"Carpenter", Null) & vbCrLf) & Nz([Other],"") As Trade,
Information.Community, Information.Local, Information.Comments
FROM Information;

It's telling me my syntax is incorrect.

test this



SELECT Information.FirstName, Information.LastName, Information.AppDate, Information.Address, Information.Ward, Information.City, Information.State, Information.Zip, Information.Phone,
IIf([laborer]=-1,"Laborer",Null) & IIf([Carpenter]=-1,Chr(13) & Chr(10) & "Carpenter",Null) & IIf(IsNull([Other]),Null,Chr(13) & Chr(10) & [Other]) AS Trade,
Information.Community, Information.Local, Information.Comments
FROM Information;

Love you experts!  Thanks!

nplanek,

looks like you ignored the earlier posted comment at http:#a35037823