Builtin Functions not recognised

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I have just reinstalled Access 2003 and now simple built in fuctions (like
Left and right$) are not being recognised but appear as parameters in queries.
Have I done something stupid?
Thanks in advance
Dave
[XP SP2, 768MB Athlon 2300 Office 2003 + SP2]
 
Curiouser and couriouser!
If I run a query in an existing database which contains the code:
M:left([Mode],1)
I get error 3085 “Undefined function Left in expressionâ€
If I open a new database and import all the tables, forms, macros, reports
ie everything from the old database it now works perfectly normally.
 
Odds are there's something wrong with your References collection.

References problems 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, go into the VB Editor and 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 Compiling your application, under the Debug
menu), 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://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html, or check my
December, 2003 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle Publication's "Smart
Access" (you can download the column, and sample database, for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html)
 
Thanks.
There were no "MISSING" labels, but selecting another, backing out, then
going back and removing it seems to have cleared the problem.

When I have time I'll follow up your references and see if I can understand
why it worked.

Once more many thanks, if you can't get a 747 to fly call me!

Dave
 
Unbelievable, but unselecting, closing, then reselecting a reference cleared
my "undefined function 'left'..." error!

Douglas J. Steele said:
Odds are there's something wrong with your References collection.

References problems 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, go into the VB Editor and 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 Compiling your application, under the Debug
menu), 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://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html, or check my
December, 2003 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle Publication's "Smart
Access" (you can download the column, and sample database, for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html)


--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(no private e-mails, please)


747skipper said:
I have just reinstalled Access 2003 and now simple built in fuctions (like
Left and right$) are not being recognised but appear as parameters in
queries.
Have I done something stupid?
Thanks in advance
Dave
[XP SP2, 768MB Athlon 2300 Office 2003 + SP2]
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