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    crowegreg is offline Competent Performer
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    Insert statement

    Within VBA behind a form, I have the following statements:



    strinsert = "INSERT INTO [tblExportMSR] ( [Title], [ISBN 13], [Series #], [Quantity]) values (" & "'" & strbName & "'" & "," & "'" & strbISBN13 & "'" & "," & "'" & strbSeries & "'" & "," & "'" & strbOrderQty & "'" & ")"

    DoCmd.RunSQL strinsert

    This works perfectly until one of the values within one of the variables contains a '. An Example is:
    strbname = NH Trees & W'flowers

    I can't figure out what the syntax should be. Thanks for your assistance!!

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    Here's a tutorial that covers that possibility:

    http://www.baldyweb.com/BuildSQL.htm

    In short you can use Chr$(34) instead of the quotes you're using.
    Paul (wino moderator)
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    strinsert = "INSERT INTO [tblExportMSR] ( [Title], [ISBN 13], [Series #], [Quantity]) values (""" & strbname & """,""" & strbisbn13 & """, """ & strbseries & """,""" & strborderqty & """)"

    In Access you can use " and ' marks to indicate text, if you have fields with a ' mark in them it's going to confuse access and it's going to think there's another field so just use the " mark instead.

    EDIT you have to use double "" marks to indicate a single " mark in a text string.

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