Question about using FindFirst on strings containing quotes in an indexed field

[Carl Rapson]

I've run into an odd problem that I can't seem to find in any of the
archives. I'm using Access 2002 SP3 on Windows XP SP2.

I've got a table with an indexed text field, and the field may contain a
string that contains quotes (either single or double quotes). An example
would be the name O'Reilly. I use the Replace function to "double up" the
quotes before doing a FindFirst on the string:

rs.FindFirst "LastName= ' " & Replace(strClient, " ' ", " ' ' ") & " ' "

(spaces added for clarity). What I've found is that if I use the string
contains a quote of the same type as the delimiter (a single quote as in the
example above, or a double quote for a string that contains double quotes),
and the table field is indexed, the FindFirst function fails to find the
string. If I remove the index from the field, the FindFirst function finds
the string successfully.

Is this a known problem, or is there something I'm doing wrong? I've tried
various permutations on the FindFirst call (such as building the search
string piecemeal and even using the Char() function to embed the delimiting
quotes), but the search still fails if the text field is indexed.

Any suggestions or information qould be greatly appreciated.

Carl Rapson

 

[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Carl,

Does this issue appeared on all the Access mdb file?

I have searched in our database and do not find any similar issue.

Would you please try to build a simple file and send it to me so that I can
re-produce on my side?

You could zip the file and send it to me directly. To get my email, please
remove the ONLINE in my email address line.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Wei Lu

Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Carl,

I am sorry that I still perform some research on this issue.

I apprieciate your understood.

Sincerely,

Wei Lu

Microsoft Online Community Support

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