MID Function not recognized

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Guest

I designed an Access database in Microsoft Access 2000 using the MID
function in a few queries that some reports run off of. When I run this db
in Access 2000 it runs just fine but when it is run in Access 2003 I get the
following error..."Undefined function 'mid' in_expression."

Does Access 2003 not recognize the MID function? If so, what substitute
function does it use?
 
K

Ken Snell \(MVP\)

Most likely you have a references problem. Common symptom is when VBA
functions are not recognized.

Try following these steps (from a post by Douglas Steele, MVP):

If any of the database's references are messed up on a PC -- you can get
that error.

Try following these steps (from a post by Douglas Steele, MVP):

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://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
 
D

dbahooker

if you wrote your functions on the database side-- as in SQL Server
User Defined Functions-- then you woudln't have to worry about adding
references and other DLL hell

Access Data Projects are quite similiar to MDB but they have a real
query engine..

with MDB you spend half your time resolving MDB bugs and performance
problems; i'll be damned if i ever use that piece of shit db engine
ever again
 

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