How can I use a variable value as a table field name in Access?

[jeanydoggy]

I need to use a variable value as a table field name. But when I ran the code, it gave me error and didn't use variable value but used the variable as the field name. I defined the following Sub and in my main Sub I call this Sub to input variable D, then the updating query will update the field where field name is matched with the variable D value.

Public Sub HC(D As String)
 
    Dim db As DAO.Database
    Dim strSQL As String
    Dim str1 As String
 
    strSQL = "UPDATE [HC Table] INNER JOIN [Previous Day Balances] " _
           & " ON ([HC Table].Loan = [Previous Day Balances].loannum) " _
           & " AND ([HC Table].Seq = [Previous Day Balances].seq) " _
           & " AND ([HC Table].[Claim Type] = [Previous Day Balances].[Claim Type]) " _
           & " SET [HC Table].D = [Previous Day Balances].[net_claim_balance] " _
           & " WHERE ((([Previous Day Balances].net_claim_balance)<>0));"
 
 
    DoCmd.RunSQL strSQL
 
End Sub 

Please help me Thx.

[Rabbit]

Please use code tags when posting code.

You are in the wrong forum. Your thread has been moved to the Access forum.

You need to append the value of the variable to the string you're building. Not include the variable as a string.

" ... " & variableName & " ... "

[jeanydoggy]

Thx for the reply and help me moving to the correct forum.

[Killer42]

Just a tip - I think you'll make things much easier on yourself in the future if you use meaningful variable names. If you're maintaining a program you wrote months or years ago, a name like D is likely to tell you very little about what it's for.