Are you using single or double quotes in your query?

You should be using single quotes. eg.
select * from results where custom1 = '-100'

Stephen
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From: "Smith, Daron [PA]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: query of query question


> I'm querying a search resultset and getting an error.  It must be some
kind
> of syntax thing but I don't see it.  Does anyone see a problem with this
> query.
>
> The first query returns the following:
>
> CUSTOM1 CUSTOM2 KEY RECORDSSEARCHED SCORE
> SUMMARY
> April 2002 article 970 1421 0.7742      .......
> -100  25  25  1421  0.7742  .......
>
> When I query this query result with the following I get error.
>
>  select * from results
>   where custom1 = "-100"
>
> I get error: Can't find symbol: "
>
> Without quotes I get: Error: April 2002 is not a number
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Daron J. Smith
> PSEA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS does anyone know of a good Query of Queries reference?
>
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