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Posted on 2013-01-01

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Experts, I have the below APPEND query.
I am trying to APPEND to tblConsortium where tblAgreements_thisPrj.AgtID is NOT IN tblConsortium.AgtID

There are records that should be APPENDED but when I run it there are 0 records to be APPENDED.

What do you think is missing?
thanks.

INSERT INTO tblConsortium ( AgtID )
SELECT tblAgreements_thisPrj.AgtID
FROM tblAgreements_thisPrj
WHERE (((tblAgreements_thisPrj.AgtID) Not In (SELECT [tblConsortium].[AgtID] FROM [tblConsortium])));

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Question by:pdvsa

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by:Kent Dyer

ID: 387352142013-01-01

I think this is what you are looking for:

INSERT INTO tblConsortium ( AgtID )
WHERE
(SELECT tblAgreements_thisPrj.AgtID
FROM tblAgreements_thisPrj
WHERE ((
(tblAgreements_thisPrj.AgtID)
 Not In (SELECT [tblConsortium].[AgtID] FROM [tblConsortium])
))
);

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HTH,

Kent

Author Comment

by:pdvsa

ID: 387352232013-01-01

Kent: thanks for the response. I do get a syntax and it highlights the WHERE right below the INSERT. what do you think now?

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by:DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Microsoft Access MVP)

ID: 387352592013-01-01

How are you executing this Append query? Have you turned off SetWarnings ? Because if so, it may be masking a error that is occurring. Comment out any DoCmd.SetWarnings False and see if an error is occurring.

mx

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Accepted Solution

by:jerryb30

jerryb30 earned 2000 total points

ID: 387352652013-01-01

INSERT INTO tblConsortium ( agtID )
SELECT tblConsortium.agtID
FROM tblAgreements_thisPrj LEFT JOIN tblConsortium ON tblAgreements_thisPrj.agtID = tblConsortium.agtID
WHERE (((tblConsortium.agtID) Is Null));

Author Closing Comment

by:pdvsa

ID: 387352802013-01-01

Jerry: that was it. I remember that Is Null trick now. I guess that method is better than NOT IN. I will write that down.

thank you

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