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    How to make a query Crash?

    I have two tables with one field name all that is one should be in the other. When this is not true, i want the query to crash, abend not run to a smooth end.



    Reason being to stop the processing of a report that is based on the query.

    Any idea of how I can do this.

    I have attached a picture, as it is worth a thousand words. The name field needs in both tables and being matching. If there is not a match I want the query to crash burn and no report.

    Thx for all and any good ideas. Russ

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    I'm not sure wanting the query to crash is the right way to look at it. I would think with the proper joins, the query would return no records, which you then handle with the No Data event of the report.
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    More info

    More info - This is a billing report. And I only get a once a month complete data load of employees.

    Then, during the month new people might join. I do activity dumps weekly and if any new employees are added I do not know.

    Currently, if the billing/activity reports are run and when a new person is added in the activity, they are not on the table of employees. My query/report runs to a good end, but excludes the new person(s).

    I need the report to not run or have a BIG red flag when a person is on the activity dump but not in the employee file; not just exclude that person from getting paid. This was/is a big problem..

    Thx Russ

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    Okay, how about a join between the tables that makes sure everybody in the activity file shows up, with some sort of flag to highlight the fact that they're missing from the employee file? You would do that by editing the join between those two tables. In the design grid, after right clicking on the join to edit, you'd choose the appropriate "Include all records from..." option. In SQL view, it would entail changing INNER to LEFT or RIGHT as appropriate to their positions relative to each other.
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    Need a Big Flag that is way i wanted an abend

    There are 80 pages of detail i do not want to look month after month for one line being red.

    Most months there will not be a missing person.

    Please take a look at the picture.

    Last month I had the employee on the query "Weekbill of billing activity type base" on the table "dbo_users" But not on "Weekbill staff assign rate". fyi FSW-CR = name.

    That employee then was dropped. No payment record(s) for their activity, no message they were drop. Just one angry client.

    Thx for the help. Russ

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    Fine; you mentioned having a flag. How about creating a unmatched query to find anybody who is in the activity table but not the employee table? You can either use a DCount() on that query and not run the report if it returns any records, or...
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