Re: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-29 Thread paul smith
How many guesses do you want? ;-) At 08:49 AM 12/29/00 -0800, you wrote: >Do they send out some replies that >they hope DON'T help? ~ Paid Sponsorship ~ Get Your Own Dedicated Win2K Server! Instant Activation for $99/month w/Free Setup from SoloServer PIII600

Re: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-29 Thread David Shadovitz
> This is a documented, well-known MDAC bug with Win2K SP1. > Dave Watts OK, I'll stop posting erroneous replies (for a while). -David P.S. Why do people use HTH at all? Do they send out some replies that they hope DON'T help? ~ Paid Sponsorship ~ Get Your Own Dedicated

Re: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-29 Thread David Shadovitz
Chris, This works for me, using CF Express 4.0 and with an ODBC MS Access datasource: select FirstName+' '+LastName as Name from... I was thinking of an insert statement when I wrote that the value must match the db field datatype. Sorry about that. -David On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:39:44 -050

RE: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-29 Thread Dave Watts
> I'm setting up a new computer (Win 2K Professional) and some > queries that work on other computers do not work on this one. > The problem queries involve concatenation or setting constants > in the query. The problem happens with Access 97 and 2000 > databases. Running CF 4.5.1 Professional

RE: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-29 Thread Christopher P. Maher
> 1. 'X' is a string, 0 is a number. The value you use must match Field1's > datatype. Field1 is a field I'm defining in the query. It does not exist in the database. > 2. In Access, both the "+" and "&" are concatenation operators; they > differ in that the "+" will *add* values if either oper

Re: why doesn't this query work

2000-12-28 Thread David Shadovitz
1. 'X' is a string, 0 is a number. The value you use must match Field1's datatype. 2. In Access, both the "+" and "&" are concatenation operators; they differ in that the "+" will *add* values if either operand is numeric. Perhaps ODBC uses only the "+" for concatenation? -David On Thu, 28 Dec