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    justravis is offline Novice
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    DLookup?


    My textbook gave me this expression to enter in a text box:
    =DLookup(“[Disclaimer]”,“StandardText”,”[DisclaimerID]=”&1)

    Access 2007 says it's invalid. Do you know where I'm going wrong???

    Thanks!!!

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    How about: =DLookup(“[Disclaimer]”,“StandardText”,”[DisclaimerID]=1")

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    justravis is offline Novice
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    Quote Originally Posted by RuralGuy View Post
    How about: =DLookup(“[Disclaimer]”,“StandardText”,”[DisclaimerID]=1")
    Thanks RG, but I get the error "You may have entered an operand without a operator."

    Thoughts?

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    ssanfu is offline Master of Nothing
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    Access2000 get a syntax error also.

    The problem is the quote character you used.

    This errors
    =DLookup([Disclaimer],StandardText,[DisclaimerID]=&1)

    This does not error
    =DLookup("[Disclaimer]","StandardText","[DisclaimerID]="&1)

    This does not error
    =DLookup("[Disclaimer]","StandardText","[DisclaimerID]=1")


    Try changing/replacing the quote character.

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    justravis is offline Novice
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    You got it! Thank you so much!

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    Good catch Steve.

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