Select query asks for Parameter Value

[msys]

When using the Built-In Date Function in an Access Report, I receive a
request to "Enter Parameter Value" for the Date. Another user does not
receive this same request to input a parameter when running the same report.

How can this be corrected so the request for the date parameter value does
not pup up?

 

[Jerry Whittle]

Anytime I see a problem with the Date() function, I have a knee-jerk reaction
about references especially if it works on one computer but not another. Go
to the following web page for information on checking references:

 

[John Spencer]

To do its job, Access makes use of various external program and object
libraries. If you move a database from one machine to another, these
references may be "broken".

When this happens, you need to take steps to let Access repair the
reference(s) ON THE COMPUTER WHERE THE FAILURE IS OCCURING.

Here are MVP Doug Steele's instructions for how to do it:

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Any time functions that previously worked suddenly don't, the first thing to
suspect is a references problem.

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

Just so you know: the problem will occur even if the library that contains the
specific function that's failing doesn't have a problem.

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John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2008
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County