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"Data type mismatch in criteria expression", just by JOIN'ing to another table
Posted on 2013-05-14
Hello, I have two tables, say "tblParents" and "tblChildren" (Access 2010). They both have primary keys that are AutoNumber fields (say "ParentKey" and "ChildKey"). tblChildren carries ParentKey field as a Number, Long Integer.
There is a Relationship defined that LEFT JOIN's tblParents!ParentKey to tblChildren!ParentKey, as One-To-Many, all 3 options checked for Ref Integrity, Cascading Updates & Deletes.
I can start with a query with just tblChildren, printing most of the fields, for all records. No problems. But when I add tblParents to the query, and the JOIN is automatically created from the Relationship, I get the "Data type mismatch in criteria expression" error message, even if I don't throw down any fields from tblParents.
I have checked for missing or bad values in the key fields in both tables, and checked for orphans in tblChildren. Everything seems ok.
Any ideas?
There is a Relationship defined that LEFT JOIN's tblParents!ParentKey to tblChildren!ParentKey, as One-To-Many, all 3 options checked for Ref Integrity, Cascading Updates & Deletes.
I can start with a query with just tblChildren, printing most of the fields, for all records. No problems. But when I add tblParents to the query, and the JOIN is automatically created from the Relationship, I get the "Data type mismatch in criteria expression" error message, even if I don't throw down any fields from tblParents.
I have checked for missing or bad values in the key fields in both tables, and checked for orphans in tblChildren. Everything seems ok.
Any ideas?
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Did you post the exact syntax you have tried in your query?
You need to use periods, not exclamation marks:
..... LEFT JOIN .... ON tblParents.ParentKey = tblChildren.ParentKey
If that is not the problem, then do you have any corrupted records in either table where the PK field might have been messed up?
Try Compact/Repairing your database.
You need to use periods, not exclamation marks:
..... LEFT JOIN .... ON tblParents.ParentKey = tblChildren.ParentKey
If that is not the problem, then do you have any corrupted records in either table where the PK field might have been messed up?
Try Compact/Repairing your database.
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Also, for kicks - try sorting tblChildren by ParentID.
Does that reveal any blanks/nulls in the ParentID field? These may cause an error in your JOINs.
Does that reveal any blanks/nulls in the ParentID field? These may cause an error in your JOINs.
ok, I was filtering on a date field in tblChildren, which I was wrapping with DateValue() to get rid of the time component on some records, and that worked fine, until I JOIN'ed to tblParents, which had some parent records with no children, as it turns out...
"WHERE DateValue(tblChildren!Chil
The filtering on the expression that assumed a value in the date field was what was causing the error message, when it hit the nulls.
I reversed the lay-out of the query, LEFT JOIN'ing tblChildren to tblParents, and that side-steps the "childless" parent records.
Thank you for your responses
"WHERE DateValue(tblChildren!Chil
The filtering on the expression that assumed a value in the date field was what was causing the error message, when it hit the nulls.
I reversed the lay-out of the query, LEFT JOIN'ing tblChildren to tblParents, and that side-steps the "childless" parent records.
Thank you for your responses
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