Thanks - the differences in field names are due to legacy issues with the
project.
what i got to work - which didn't get munched by the Access query parser is
the following - note that this is access 97 syntax! It would appear that
Access2k's query parser converted my ansi standard (with parenthesis's) to
the bracket'ed version of access '97.
SELECT a.*
FROM [SELECT
[order number] as AcctID
FROM tblOrderHeader
UNION
SELECT
AcctID
from tblExDoc
UNION
SELECT
INVOICE as AcctID
FROM tblSalesInvoiceHeader
]. AS a
ORDER BY 1;
"DFS" <no******@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:vs************@corp.supernews.com...
Kent,
You can change that last part [%$##@_Alias] to [anything you want] and it
won't affect the query results.
What you might be concerned with is your usage of AcctID, Order Number and
Invoice. You seem to be using them interchangeably, and you probably
don't want to do that.
"Kent Eilers" <ka*****@uswest.net> wrote in message
news:yU*********************@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com... The following query changes when I save it:
================================================== ================
SELECT
AcctID
FROM
(SELECT
[order number] as AcctID
FROM tblOrderHeader
UNION
SELECT
[AcctID]
from tblExDoc
UNION SELECT
[INVOICE] as AcctID
FROM tblSalesInvoiceHeader
)
When i save it and reopen it - it morphs into the following (note the
last line):
SELECT AcctID
FROM [SELECT
[order number] as AcctID
FROM tblOrderHeader
UNION
SELECT
[AcctID]
from tblExDoc
UNION SELECT
[INVOICE] as AcctID
FROM tblSalesInvoiceHeader
]. AS [%$##@_Alias];
================================================== ================
Does Access2k not support Select statements in the FROM clause? Or is
something else going on?
Thanks
--
kent eilers
ke**@kaeServices.com
