dlookup syntax or am I missing something?

[kattatonic1]

I've read quite a lot of dlookup examples trying to get the correct syntax, and I keep getting errors. This is what I'm doing...

On a form, user chooses their name from a combobox cboUserName.
Combobox is populated with chrUserName from tblUsers.

I make a public variable strUserName equal that because I'm going to use it for lots of things.

strUserName = Me.cboUserName

I know that's working because I then...

MsgBox strUserName

and it always returns the correct name.

So I also want to find that strUserName in the field chrUserName on tblUsers to find the corresponding chrAccessLevel in that record.
I want it stored in public variable strAccessLevel for use throughout the database.

I feel this should work:

strAccessLevel = DLookup("chrAccessLevel", "tblUsers", "chrUserName=strUserName")

Run-time error '2471':


The expression you entered as a query parameter produced this error: 'strUserName'

What am I missing?

[pbaldy]

See if this helps. Use the form example but with your variable. The key is concatenating the variable into the string, and using text delimiters.

DLookup Usage Samples

[kattatonic1]

pbaldy - You are a star! Great reference. Fixed my issue. Nice and clear. Saved for future ref.

[pbaldy]

Happy to help!