I have created a query, all the fields from an existing table.

One field has a date format. I want to select for records in which that
field contains data.

I tried >"01/01/2000", but no joy. Message was "Data type mismatch in query
expression." This is the way to create this criteria, AFAICT in the Help
file, where it shows > '01 Jan 1995' as the proper way to select for later
dates than that one. But mine doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Don.

Dates need tobe delimited with #, not quotes.

Try

> #01/01/2000#

or

> #01 Jan 1995#

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"PlarfySoober" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have created a query, all the fields from an existing table.
>
> One field has a date format. I want to select for records in which that
> field contains data.
>
> I tried >"01/01/2000", but no joy. Message was "Data type mismatch in
> query
> expression." This is the way to create this criteria, AFAICT in the Help
> file, where it shows > '01 Jan 1995' as the proper way to select for later
> dates than that one. But mine doesn't work.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Don.
>

Just as you said. And the Help file is wrong, because it makes no mention of
using ## instead of '' or "". Thank you very much.

"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

> Dates need tobe delimited with #, not quotes.
>
> Try
>
> > #01/01/2000#
>
> or
>
> > #01 Jan 1995#
>
> --
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://www.AccessMVP.com/DJSteele
> (no e-mails, please!)
>
> "PlarfySoober" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B5252B24-485E-4D1F-A84A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have created a query, all the fields from an existing table.
> >
> > One field has a date format. I want to select for records in which that
> > field contains data.
> >
> > I tried >"01/01/2000", but no joy. Message was "Data type mismatch in
> > query
> > expression." This is the way to create this criteria, AFAICT in the Help
> > file, where it shows > '01 Jan 1995' as the proper way to select for later
> > dates than that one. But mine doesn't work.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Don.
> >
>
>
> .
>