using nz function to rid #error msg in query

G

Guest

I have the following query. I'm trying to avoid getting #error messages in
some of the fields that should return as null. How can I rewrite this query
correctly?

Thanks so much

MCSOne:
IIf(nz([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or [M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]))),"")))
 
K

Ken Snell [MVP]

Tell us what you are wanting to do in this calculation. What you've posted
has improperty syntax and it's not possible to suggest changes unless we
know what you are wanting to achieve.
 
G

Guest

Depending on the M_B, the query uses the "dhSubtractWorkDaysAsubtracts"
function to subtract a number of days from a date. The function is also
supposed to account for Holidays but I'm still working on getting my table
that lists holidays into an array. The query is working fine except that the
fields that should have a null value are returning #error. I need a way to
rewrite this so that if none of the conditions are met, the field return
blank instead of #error.

MCSOne:
IIf([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or [M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]),"")))

Ken Snell said:
Tell us what you are wanting to do in this calculation. What you've posted
has improperty syntax and it's not possible to suggest changes unless we
know what you are wanting to achieve.

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

Alex said:
I have the following query. I'm trying to avoid getting #error messages in
some of the fields that should return as null. How can I rewrite this
query
correctly?

Thanks so much

MCSOne:
IIf(nz([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or
[M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]))),"")))
 
M

MGFoster

Alex said:
I have the following query. I'm trying to avoid getting #error messages in
some of the fields that should return as null. How can I rewrite this query
correctly?

Thanks so much

MCSOne:
IIf(nz([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or [M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]))),"")))

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It looks like the function "dhSubtractWorkDaysA" is returning a NULL.
Change it so it will return zero, instead. Also, change it so when it
receives a NULL parameter it returns zero, 'cuz it can't calculate the
work days if it doesn't have both dates.

To simplify the above expression you could change the call parameters
like this (I spread it out so you can see it better. It is really one
line.):

dhSubtractWorkDaysA(
Switch(
[M_B]="A", [LTA2],
[M_B]="W", [LTW3],
[M_B] IN ("P","T"), [LLTP2]
),
IIf([M_B] NOT IN ("P","T"), [SystemDoc],[POIssueDate])
[HolidayArray]
)

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Oakland, CA (USA)

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K

Ken Snell [MVP]

If MGFoster's answer doesn't solve the issue, post back.

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

Alex said:
Depending on the M_B, the query uses the "dhSubtractWorkDaysAsubtracts"
function to subtract a number of days from a date. The function is also
supposed to account for Holidays but I'm still working on getting my table
that lists holidays into an array. The query is working fine except that
the
fields that should have a null value are returning #error. I need a way
to
rewrite this so that if none of the conditions are met, the field return
blank instead of #error.

MCSOne:
IIf([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or
[M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]),"")))

Ken Snell said:
Tell us what you are wanting to do in this calculation. What you've
posted
has improperty syntax and it's not possible to suggest changes unless we
know what you are wanting to achieve.

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

Alex said:
I have the following query. I'm trying to avoid getting #error messages
in
some of the fields that should return as null. How can I rewrite this
query
correctly?

Thanks so much

MCSOne:
IIf(nz([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or
[M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]))),"")))
 
G

Guest

Thanks so much for your help. I changed all of my expressions to use Switch,
which really cleaned them up.

I'm not sure how to change by function to return zero. I am a very basic VBA
user. I've posted my code here in hopes that you can help me.

Also, I'm trying to make my Holiday table that contains one field called
HolidayDates an array so I can use it as adtmDates in these functions. Can
you help me?

Thank you so much -


Function Code:

Option Compare Database

Public Function dhSubtractWorkDaysA(lngDays As Long, _
Optional dtmDate As Date = 0, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant) As Date
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim dtmTemp As Date


If dtmDate = 0 Then
dtmDate = Date
End If

dtmTemp = dtmDate
For lngCount = 1 To lngDays
dtmTemp = dhPreviousWorkdayA(dtmTemp, adtmDates)
Next lngCount
dhSubtractWorkDaysA = dtmTemp
End Function


Public Function dhNextWorkdayA( _
Optional dtmDate As Date = 0, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant = Empty) As Date
If dtmDate = 0 Then
dtmDate = Date
End If

dhNextWorkdayA = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmDate + 1, 1)
End Function
Public Function dhPreviousWorkdayA( _
Optional dtmDate As Date = 0, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant = Empty) As Date
If dtmDate = 0 Then
dtmDate = Date
End If

dhPreviousWorkdayA = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmDate - 1, -1)
End Function

Public Function dhFirstWorkdayInMonthA( _
Optional dtmDate As Date = 0, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant = Empty) As Date
Dim dtmTemp As Date


If dtmDate = 0 Then
dtmDate = Date
End If

dtmTemp = DateSerial(Year(dtmDate), Month(dtmDate), 1)
dhFirstWorkdayInMonthA = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmTemp, 1)
End Function

Public Function dhLastWorkdayInMonthA( _
Optional dtmDate As Date = 0, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant = Empty) As Date
Dim dtmTemp As Date


If dtmDate = 0 Then
dtmDate = Date
End If

dtmTemp = DateSerial(Year(dtmDate), Month(dtmDate) + 1, 0)
dhLastWorkdayInMonthA = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmTemp, -1)
End Function

Public Function dhCountWorkdaysA(ByVal dtmStart As Date, ByVal dtmEnd As
Date, _
Optional adtmDates As Variant = Empty) _
As Integer

Dim intDays As Integer
Dim dtmTemp As Date
Dim intSubtract As Integer


If dtmEnd < dtmStart Then
dtmTemp = dtmStart
dtmStart = dtmEnd
dtmEnd = dtmTemp
End If


dtmStart = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmStart, 1)
dtmEnd = SkipHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmEnd, -1)
If dtmStart > dtmEnd Then

dhCountWorkdaysA = 0
Else
intDays = dtmEnd - dtmStart + 1

intSubtract = (DateDiff("ww", dtmStart, dtmEnd) * 2)

intSubtract = intSubtract + _
CountHolidaysA(adtmDates, dtmStart, dtmEnd)

dhCountWorkdaysA = intDays - intSubtract
End If
End Function

Private Function CountHolidaysA( _
adtmDates As Variant, _
dtmStart As Date, dtmEnd As Date) As Long

Dim lngItem As Long
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim blnFound As Long
Dim dtmTemp As Date

On Error GoTo HandleErr
lngCount = 0
Select Case VarType(adtmDates)
Case vbArray + vbDate, vbArray + vbVariant

For lngItem = LBound(adtmDates) To UBound(adtmDates)
dtmTemp = adtmDates(lngItem)
If dtmTemp >= dtmStart And dtmTemp <= dtmEnd Then
If Not IsWeekend(dtmTemp) Then
lngCount = lngCount + 1
End If
End If
Next lngItem
Case vbDate

If adtmDates >= dtmStart And adtmDates <= dtmEnd Then
If Not IsWeekend(adtmDates) Then
lngCount = 1
End If
End If
End Select

ExitHere:
CountHolidaysA = lngCount
Exit Function

HandleErr:

Resume ExitHere
End Function
Private Function FindItemInArray(varItemToFind As Variant, _
avarItemsToSearch As Variant) As Boolean
Dim lngItem As Long

On Error GoTo HandleErrors

For lngItem = LBound(avarItemsToSearch) To UBound(avarItemsToSearch)
If avarItemsToSearch(lngItem) = varItemToFind Then
FindItemInArray = True
GoTo ExitHere
End If
Next lngItem

ExitHere:
Exit Function

HandleErrors:

Resume ExitHere
End Function
Private Function IsWeekend(dtmTemp As Variant) As Boolean
If VarType(dtmTemp) = vbDate Then
Select Case Weekday(dtmTemp)
Case vbSaturday, vbSunday
IsWeekend = True
Case Else
IsWeekend = False
End Select
End If
End Function
Private Function SkipHolidaysA( _
adtmDates As Variant, _
dtmTemp As Date, intIncrement As Integer) As Date
Dim strCriteria As String
Dim strFieldName As String
Dim lngItem As Long
Dim blnFound As Boolean

On Error GoTo HandleErrors


Do
Do While IsWeekend(dtmTemp)
' Missy
dtmTemp = dtmTemp + intIncrement
Loop
Select Case VarType(adtmDates)
Case vbArray + vbDate, vbArray + vbVariant
Do
blnFound = FindItemInArray(dtmTemp, adtmDates)
If blnFound Then
dtmTemp = dtmTemp + intIncrement
End If
Loop Until Not blnFound
Case vbDate
If dtmTemp = adtmDates Then
dtmTemp = dtmTemp + intIncrement
End If
End Select
Loop Until Not IsWeekend(dtmTemp)

ExitHere:
SkipHolidaysA = dtmTemp
Exit Function

HandleErrors:

Resume ExitHere
End Function


MGFoster said:
Alex said:
I have the following query. I'm trying to avoid getting #error messages in
some of the fields that should return as null. How can I rewrite this query
correctly?

Thanks so much

MCSOne:
IIf(nz([M_B]="A",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTA2],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="W",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTW3],[SystemDoc],[HolidayArray]),IIf([M_B]="P"
Or [M_B]="T",dhSubtractWorkDaysA([LTTP2],[POIssueDate],[HolidayArray]))),"")))

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Hash: SHA1

It looks like the function "dhSubtractWorkDaysA" is returning a NULL.
Change it so it will return zero, instead. Also, change it so when it
receives a NULL parameter it returns zero, 'cuz it can't calculate the
work days if it doesn't have both dates.

To simplify the above expression you could change the call parameters
like this (I spread it out so you can see it better. It is really one
line.):

dhSubtractWorkDaysA(
Switch(
[M_B]="A", [LTA2],
[M_B]="W", [LTW3],
[M_B] IN ("P","T"), [LLTP2]
),
IIf([M_B] NOT IN ("P","T"), [SystemDoc],[POIssueDate])
[HolidayArray]
)

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MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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