I have tried the + sign but no good. Anybody out there know how to set up concatenation in Access??
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: Re: Access problem - Help please > Because pipes are not used for concatenation in Access (only Oracle uses > them I think). Try using a + sign or something else (not being an Access > user at all). > > Sam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:38 AM > Subject: Access problem - Help please > > > > Why do I get this error: > > "Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Invalid use of vertical bars in > > query expression 'term||'-'||term1 term2'." > > > > When using this code: > > <cfquery name="select" DataSource="survey"> > > SELECT distinct coursename,term,term1, term||'-'||term1 term2 > > FROM courseeval > > </cfquery > > > > Thanks for your input > > > > Jim Watkins > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists