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    WAVP375 is offline Competent Performer
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    Trouble inserting a text into a query

    I have created a query that will be exported to an excel worksheet. on occasion the query has no records. In that case I want to insert a text message into the query so that the recipient of the spreadsheet knows there are no records.
    The code I am using, which does not work is as follows:

    Dim varCheckCount As Integer
    varCheckCount = DCount("[LastName]", "QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits")
    If varCheckCount = 0 Then
    Dim db As DAO.Database
    Set db = CurrentDb
    Dim strSQL As String
    strSQL = "INSERT INTO QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits (LastName)" & "VALUES ('No Additions To Report This Month');"
    db.Execute strSQL
    MsgBox "No additions to report this month"

    Else


    MsgBox "These volunteers will be added to the Abenity eligiblity list"
    End If

    DoCmd.RunSavedImportExport "Export-SoinAbenityAdditions"

    Any help appreciated

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    dont use vb code for sql,
    just use a query.

    but:
    strSQL = "INSERT INTO QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits (LastName) VALUES ('No Additions To Report This Month')"

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    Assumimg QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits is a query, you can't insert anything into it.

    You could probably more easily ensure that the query returns a different result if it has no records.

    We'd need to see the original query to assist with that though.

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    If you're going to SET something, then be sure to un-set it (SET db = Nothing) when you're done with it. Any object that you SET to a variable occupies machine memory until something happens to release it. Simple procedures don't even need the additional code if you want to avoid SETing anything, and don't need the Else part if the logic dictates that only one other route will be taken if the first is not true:

    Code:
    If DCount("[LastName]", "QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits") = 0 Then
     CurrentDb.Execute "INSERT INTO QmatQselBenefitsToTblPermBenefits (LastName) VALUES ('No Additions To Report')", dbFailOnError
     MsgBox "No additions to report this month"
    End If
    
    MsgBox "These volunteers will be added to the Abenity eligiblity list"
    
    rest of code...
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    WAVP375 is offline Competent Performer
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    Micron, that code still does not work. How about Minty Hackers comment that you cant insert anything into a query?
    Ranman, how would I use a query to insert the text into another query?

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    WAVP375 is offline Competent Performer
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    Thanks guys. Problem solved. I made the query a maketable query and inserted the message into the table, then exported the table.

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    Tip: don't just say provided code doesn't work - post your attempt. Easy to leave off one little character, or make a change that you think should work but we might recognize as problematic. As far as updating a query with an append query, I'd have to take his/her comment on faith; can't say I have ever tried. I would have thought the error would have been "Must use an updatable query" or something like that. I took your post title to mean the insert needed to be in a vba sql (query) but it looks like Minty got it right - the target was some other query, not a table.

    What happens next time, delete the table and recreate it every time? Not a great idea; contributes to bloat and/or corruption. If you want to pursue it further you'll need to provide more information as to what you start with and where you want to go 'cause now you're exporting the resulting data.

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    Minty is online now VIP
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    Just to qualify what I said/meant, you can only insert to a table, but obviously that insert can use a query joined to another tables or query to base the insert on.
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