Problems w/ Date() function...

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M. Center

Had several queries using the Date(), typically in a range selection (ie.
Date()+7:00AM AND <Date()+3:15PM). Suddenly all queries using the Date()
generate a 'Compile Error' and are unusable. Any queried fields following
this are eliminated.

Can use in other MDBs, it acts as if this function has been corrupted in one
specific MDB file. Have tried 'Repair / Compact', no luck. I'm using
Access 2003.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mike
 
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Ken Snell

Likely the references are messed up on the PC where it's not working.

From info posted By Douglas Steele, MVP:

Two common reasons.

The first is that you've used Date somewhere else in your database: a field
in a table, a control on a form, or something like that. Date is a reserved
word, and should never be used in anything you created in the database.

The other possibility is that your references are messed up.

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target
machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in
and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
 
M

M. Center

Thanks Ken!

Nothing was showing up as missing, but once I disabled them and went to
reselect them the 'Microsoft Office XP Web Components' that was previously
selected was no longer in the list and everything appears to be working at
this time. I won't get a full test until tomorrow once production resumes
for the application to monitor.

Thanks again for your feedback,
Mike
 

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