database and query

[steve watton]

have a database using dao, can access the database fine. want to get a
specific record in the database from the use entering an id code and
finding the match in thre databade ( access 2000), the database field
is autonumber type. my statement is
:
:("SELECT * FROM racers where [racer id]=xxxxxx")
:
:where racers is table
:racer id is the field in the database and
:xxxxxx is a text box on my form
:
:it works fine when xxxxxx is asigned a fixed value like 25

[Pieter Linden]

steve watton <sw*****@nf.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<7R******************@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>...

have a database using dao, can access the database fine. want to get a
specific record in the database from the use entering an id code and
finding the match in thre databade ( access 2000), the database field
is autonumber type. my statement is
:
:("SELECT * FROM racers where [racer id]=xxxxxx")
:
:where racers is table
:racer id is the field in the database and
:xxxxxx is a text box on my form
:
:it works fine when xxxxxx is asigned a fixed value like 25

Build the SQL statement as a text string and then execute it.

"SELECT * FROM racers WHERE [racer id]=" & Me.Control.Value

if your control is numeric, then you don't need quotes around it. otherwise:
Field Type Delimiter
Date #
Text '
Numeric {none}

Hope this helps a little.