searching for similar records

[Guest]

Hello all, my database lists parts that have the following fields (amongst
others),

BOM
TIME
PRICE
CABLES
CUSTOMER
PARTNUMBER

I would like to use a query that will return all records that are similar to
a PARTNUMBER i enter. The query would search the records and return only the
if the record has the following criteria;

CUSTOMER is same as CUSTOMER in the PARTNUMBER i enter.
BOM is within + or - 10% of the BOM on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
TIME is within + or - 10% of the TIME on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
PRICE is within + or - 10% of the PRICE on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
CABLES is within + or - 10% of the CABLES on the PARTNUMBER i enter.

I have managed in the past to enter each individual criteria (BOM,TIME Etc.)
and return records but i am struggling to be able to enter a PARTNUMBER and
have the records returned according to the above criteria.

I would very much appreciate any help on this query.

The query results will be used for a report.

many thanks

 

[John Spencer]

What type of fields are BOM, Time, Price, and cables?
What is your table Name?

I have to assume that the fields that you are matching plus or minus 10%
are numeric.

By the way Time is NOT a good field name, since it is a function to return
the current system time.

Save the following as qPartMatch
SELECT Customer, BOM, [Time] as TimeToDo, Price, Cables, PartNumber
FROM SomeTable
WHERE PartNumber = [What Part]

Use the above nested query in another query.

SELECT [SomeTable].BOM
, [SomeTable].[Time]
, [SomeTable].Price
, [SomeTable].Cables
, [SomeTable].Customer
, [SomeTable].PartNumber
FROM [SomeTable] INNER JOIN qPartMatch
ON [SomeTable].Customer = qPartMatch.Customer
AND [SomeTable].PartNumber = qPartMatch.PartNumber
WHERE [SomeTable].BOM
Between.9 * qPartMatch.BOM And 1.1 * qPartMatch.BOM
AND [SomeTable].Price
Between .9 * qPartMatch.Price and 1.1*qPartMatch.Price
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.Cables and 1.1*qPartMatch.Cables
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.TimeToDoand 1.1*qPartMatch.TimeToDo
--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

 

[John Spencer]

Whoops. At least one Cut and paste error in there.

SELECT [SomeTable].BOM
, [SomeTable].[Time]
, [SomeTable].Price
, [SomeTable].Cables
, [SomeTable].Customer
, [SomeTable].PartNumber
FROM [SomeTable] INNER JOIN qPartMatch
ON [SomeTable].Customer = qPartMatch.Customer
AND [SomeTable].PartNumber = qPartMatch.PartNumber
WHERE [SomeTable].BOM
Between.9 * qPartMatch.BOM And 1.1 * qPartMatch.BOM
AND [SomeTable].Price
Between .9 * qPartMatch.Price and 1.1*qPartMatch.Price
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.Cables and 1.1*qPartMatch.Cables
AND [SomeTable].[Time]
Between .9 qPartMatch.TimeToDoand 1.1*qPartMatch.TimeToDo

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

What type of fields are BOM, Time, Price, and cables?
What is your table Name?

I have to assume that the fields that you are matching plus or minus 10%
are numeric.

By the way Time is NOT a good field name, since it is a function to return
the current system time.

Save the following as qPartMatch
SELECT Customer, BOM, [Time] as TimeToDo, Price, Cables, PartNumber
FROM SomeTable
WHERE PartNumber = [What Part]

Use the above nested query in another query.

SELECT [SomeTable].BOM
, [SomeTable].[Time]
, [SomeTable].Price
, [SomeTable].Cables
, [SomeTable].Customer
, [SomeTable].PartNumber
FROM [SomeTable] INNER JOIN qPartMatch
ON [SomeTable].Customer = qPartMatch.Customer
AND [SomeTable].PartNumber = qPartMatch.PartNumber
WHERE [SomeTable].BOM
Between.9 * qPartMatch.BOM And 1.1 * qPartMatch.BOM
AND [SomeTable].Price
Between .9 * qPartMatch.Price and 1.1*qPartMatch.Price
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.Cables and 1.1*qPartMatch.Cables
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.TimeToDoand 1.1*qPartMatch.TimeToDo
--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
.

Hello all, my database lists parts that have the following fields
(amongst
others),

BOM
TIME
PRICE
CABLES
CUSTOMER
PARTNUMBER

I would like to use a query that will return all records that are similar
to
a PARTNUMBER i enter. The query would search the records and return only
the
if the record has the following criteria;

CUSTOMER is same as CUSTOMER in the PARTNUMBER i enter.
BOM is within + or - 10% of the BOM on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
TIME is within + or - 10% of the TIME on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
PRICE is within + or - 10% of the PRICE on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
CABLES is within + or - 10% of the CABLES on the PARTNUMBER i enter.

I have managed in the past to enter each individual criteria (BOM,TIME
Etc.)
and return records but i am struggling to be able to enter a PARTNUMBER
and
have the records returned according to the above criteria.

I would very much appreciate any help on this query.

The query results will be used for a report.

many thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

Save the following as qPartMatch
SELECT Customer, BOM, [Time] as TimeToDo, Price, Cables, PartNumber
FROM SomeTable
WHERE PartNumber = [What Part]

You say use the above nested query in another query?
How do i do this?

Also the following part you supplied,

SELECT [SomeTable].BOM
, [SomeTable].[Time]
, [SomeTable].Price
, [SomeTable].Cables
, [SomeTable].Customer
, [SomeTable].PartNumber
FROM [SomeTable] INNER JOIN qPartMatch
ON [SomeTable].Customer = qPartMatch.Customer
AND [SomeTable].PartNumber = qPartMatch.PartNumber
WHERE [SomeTable].BOM
Between.9 * qPartMatch.BOM And 1.1 * qPartMatch.BOM
AND [SomeTable].Price
Between .9 * qPartMatch.Price and 1.1*qPartMatch.Price
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.Cables and 1.1*qPartMatch.Cables
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.TimeToDoand 1.1*qPartMatch.TimeToDo

The above, where you say "select" does this indicate the fields i need to
use for the query?
"sometable" is obviously the table i need to refer to where the fields are
(Cables, BOM, Etc.).

apologies for my lack of understanding.

regards Max

What type of fields are BOM, Time, Price, and cables?
What is your table Name?

I have to assume that the fields that you are matching plus or minus 10%
are numeric.

By the way Time is NOT a good field name, since it is a function to return
the current system time.

Save the following as qPartMatch
SELECT Customer, BOM, [Time] as TimeToDo, Price, Cables, PartNumber
FROM SomeTable
WHERE PartNumber = [What Part]

Use the above nested query in another query.

SELECT [SomeTable].BOM
, [SomeTable].[Time]
, [SomeTable].Price
, [SomeTable].Cables
, [SomeTable].Customer
, [SomeTable].PartNumber
FROM [SomeTable] INNER JOIN qPartMatch
ON [SomeTable].Customer = qPartMatch.Customer
AND [SomeTable].PartNumber = qPartMatch.PartNumber
WHERE [SomeTable].BOM
Between.9 * qPartMatch.BOM And 1.1 * qPartMatch.BOM
AND [SomeTable].Price
Between .9 * qPartMatch.Price and 1.1*qPartMatch.Price
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.Cables and 1.1*qPartMatch.Cables
AND [SomeTable].Cables
Between .9 qPartMatch.TimeToDoand 1.1*qPartMatch.TimeToDo
--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hello all, my database lists parts that have the following fields (amongst
others),

BOM
TIME
PRICE
CABLES
CUSTOMER
PARTNUMBER

I would like to use a query that will return all records that are similar
to
a PARTNUMBER i enter. The query would search the records and return only
the
if the record has the following criteria;

CUSTOMER is same as CUSTOMER in the PARTNUMBER i enter.
BOM is within + or - 10% of the BOM on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
TIME is within + or - 10% of the TIME on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
PRICE is within + or - 10% of the PRICE on the PARTNUMBER i enter.
CABLES is within + or - 10% of the CABLES on the PARTNUMBER i enter.

I have managed in the past to enter each individual criteria (BOM,TIME
Etc.)
and return records but i am struggling to be able to enter a PARTNUMBER
and
have the records returned according to the above criteria.

I would very much appreciate any help on this query.

The query results will be used for a report.

many thanks

 

[John Spencer]

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[Guest]

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run the query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part number. It is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is linked.

regards Max

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[John Spencer]

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is linked.

regards Max

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[Guest]

John, i removed link but still the same. i have tried taking out all of the
between criteria and replacing the price criteria with a between 5 and 200.
This should return many records but still only returns the record that has
the same part number i enter for the search.

I will continue to play around with it but its a little beyond me i am afraid.

many thanks for your help

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is linked.

regards Max

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,


SNIP

 

[John Spencer]

Try dropping the join on the part number also. I must admit, I am a bit
baffled on exactly what you want returned.

After reviewing this thread, it seems that you want all parts bought by
a customers (or customers) that have bought a particular part as long as
the parts are within 10 percent of the cost and the cable and the bom
and the time.

So if I bought part no 52, what other parts did I buy that were within
10 percent of the cost and the bom and the time and the cable. Whatever
those are. If that is correct then you probably only want to join on
the customer and use criteria on the other items. You don't want to do
anything at all with criteria or joins on partnumber.



'====================================================
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
'====================================================

John, i removed link but still the same. i have tried taking out all of the
between criteria and replacing the price criteria with a between 5 and 200.
This should return many records but still only returns the record that has
the same part number i enter for the search.

I will continue to play around with it but its a little beyond me i am afraid.

many thanks for your help

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is linked.

regards Max



:

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[Guest]

yes, thats exactly what i want. i have dropped the join on the part number
and it works perfectly now. Many thanks for your patience and help.
It is very much appreciated.
its now 4.30am in the UK so i can perhaps get a couple of hours sleep before
work.

Thanks again.

Try dropping the join on the part number also. I must admit, I am a bit
baffled on exactly what you want returned.

After reviewing this thread, it seems that you want all parts bought by
a customers (or customers) that have bought a particular part as long as
the parts are within 10 percent of the cost and the cable and the bom
and the time.

So if I bought part no 52, what other parts did I buy that were within
10 percent of the cost and the bom and the time and the cable. Whatever
those are. If that is correct then you probably only want to join on
the customer and use criteria on the other items. You don't want to do
anything at all with criteria or joins on partnumber.



'====================================================
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
'====================================================

John, i removed link but still the same. i have tried taking out all of the
between criteria and replacing the price criteria with a between 5 and 200.
This should return many records but still only returns the record that has
the same part number i enter for the search.

I will continue to play around with it but its a little beyond me i am afraid.

many thanks for your help

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is linked.

regards Max



:

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid) to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[John Spencer]

Glad it's working for you.

I wish I had understood better from the beginning what you were trying to
accomplish. I should have paid closer attention to your first posting.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

yes, thats exactly what i want. i have dropped the join on the part number
and it works perfectly now. Many thanks for your patience and help.
It is very much appreciated.
its now 4.30am in the UK so i can perhaps get a couple of hours sleep
before
work.

Thanks again.

Try dropping the join on the part number also. I must admit, I am a bit
baffled on exactly what you want returned.

After reviewing this thread, it seems that you want all parts bought by
a customers (or customers) that have bought a particular part as long as
the parts are within 10 percent of the cost and the cable and the bom
and the time.

So if I bought part no 52, what other parts did I buy that were within
10 percent of the cost and the bom and the time and the cable. Whatever
those are. If that is correct then you probably only want to join on
the customer and use criteria on the other items. You don't want to do
anything at all with criteria or joins on partnumber.



'====================================================
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
'====================================================

John, i removed link but still the same. i have tried taking out all of
the
between criteria and replacing the price criteria with a between 5 and
200.
This should return many records but still only returns the record that
has
the same part number i enter for the search.

I will continue to play around with it but its a little beyond me i am
afraid.

many thanks for your help

:

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is
probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run
the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part
number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into
place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be
linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is
linked.

regards Max



:

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid)
to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag
from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view
of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as
noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP

 

[Guest]

actually when it does not work first time it enables me to learn a little
more. I can go through it locigally and see why it did not work. Its all
useful stuff for future problems which i will encounter i am sure.

thanks again

Glad it's working for you.

I wish I had understood better from the beginning what you were trying to
accomplish. I should have paid closer attention to your first posting.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

yes, thats exactly what i want. i have dropped the join on the part number
and it works perfectly now. Many thanks for your patience and help.
It is very much appreciated.
its now 4.30am in the UK so i can perhaps get a couple of hours sleep
before
work.

Thanks again.

Try dropping the join on the part number also. I must admit, I am a bit
baffled on exactly what you want returned.

After reviewing this thread, it seems that you want all parts bought by
a customers (or customers) that have bought a particular part as long as
the parts are within 10 percent of the cost and the cable and the bom
and the time.

So if I bought part no 52, what other parts did I buy that were within
10 percent of the cost and the bom and the time and the cable. Whatever
those are. If that is correct then you probably only want to join on
the customer and use criteria on the other items. You don't want to do
anything at all with criteria or joins on partnumber.



'====================================================
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
'====================================================


Maax wrote:
John, i removed link but still the same. i have tried taking out all of
the
between criteria and replacing the price criteria with a between 5 and
200.
This should return many records but still only returns the record that
has
the same part number i enter for the search.

I will continue to play around with it but its a little beyond me i am
afraid.

many thanks for your help

:

No, you do not want to link by the primary key field. That is
probably what
is restricting your results to one record. REmove that link by
right-clicking on it and selecting delete.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, i am following your instructions (i think) but when i run
the
query
the only record returned is the one that i entered as the part
number. It
is
not returning other parts that are within the criteria.
I will have a play with it and hopefully something will click into
place.
One question i do have, should only the partnumber and customer be
linked?
These are linked but also the unique ID(key) from the table is
linked.

regards Max



:

It sounds as if you are using the query design view (the query grid)
to
build your queries.

Open a new query
-Select your table
-Click close
-Add the fields to the query grid
-under part number enter
= [What Part]

Save this query as qPartMatch.

Open a new query
-- Select your table
-- Click on the query tab
-- Select the saved query
-- Click close
-- if there is no join line between partNumber and PartNumber Drag
from
the
table to the query
-- if there is no join line between Customer and customer drag again
-- Add the fields you want from the table
-- in the criteria under the relevant fields you will have to type
BETWEEN [qPartMatch].[BOM] *.9 And [qPartMatch].[BOM]*1.1

Alternative is to copy the proposed SQL statements into the SQL view
of
the
query and edit the table (and field) names. Save the first as
noted.

Now copy the second one as posted and change the table name again.

--
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Maryland Baltimore County
..

Hi John, many thanks for reply.
I have a minor problem, i am very novice and although i can create
basic
queries i am unsure where to enter the following,

SNIP