Opening a query from a command button

[paul bennett]

I have several queries opening from a single command button. The first should
be:

DoCmd.OpenQuery DELETEtbldatentry

I get an error message telling me "DELETEtbldatentry = empty"
the query name is correct (including case) and the query opens and runs fine
when opened manually.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Paul

Please provide a bit more context in which this line of code is being
executed...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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[Stuart McCall]

I have several queries opening from a single command button. The first
should
be:

DoCmd.OpenQuery DELETEtbldatentry

I get an error message telling me "DELETEtbldatentry = empty"
the query name is correct (including case) and the query opens and runs
fine
when opened manually.

What am I doing wrong?

Because DELETEtbldatentry is the name of a query, VBA just interprets it as
a string of characters (which it is) and incorrectly assumes it's a
variable. You need to surround it with quote marks so VBA can interpret it
as the name of a query, which is what OpenQuery is expecting.

DoCmd.OpenQuery "DELETEtbldatentry"