Re: Don't know why there is an Incompatibility of type here

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From: Guy Verville (taddeus_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 09/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:30:47 -0400

Ok, I've understood it. It was in my B field that there was a empty entry...
I've placed a default "0" value to be sure there is no such entry. Thanks
for your help!

Guy

"Brendan Reynolds" <brenreyn at indigo dot ie> a écrit dans le message de
news: u1yex8upEHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> It looks like the function you are using is the function known in English
> as String(), not Str().
>
> The empty (Null) fields are the problem, as a Null value is not a legal
> argument for the String() function.
>
> If the query was to be executed within Access, you could use the NZ (Null
> to Zero) function, but as it is to be used in a Web application, you'll
> need the IIf (Immediate If) function. Here's an example ...
>
> SELECT IIf([Num1] Is Null,"",String$([Num1],"X")) AS Expr1
> FROM Table3;
>
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> "Guy Verville" <taddeus@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:edLgV2upEHA.3252@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a table (music scores) that contains these fields: S, A, T and B.
>> In these fields are integers that tell how many part there is of each
>> voice for a given score (e.g. SATB, SA, SSATTBB, etc.)
>>
>> In a query, I'ved figured a concatenation like this (my Access is in
>> French. Chaîne$ is for Str$, I suppose:
>> SATB: Chaîne$([S];"S") & Chaîne$([A];"A") & Chaîne$([T];"T") &
>> Chaîne$([B];"B"), which gives me the correct formula.
>>
>> I must say that a lot of data has no entrie for these fields (hence, the
>> SATB field is Null from time to time).
>>
>> If I want to place, for example, the criteria "SA", I get an error that
>> there is an incompatibility in the criteria type. I'm lost. The SATB
>> field doesn't return a string?
>>
>> The is Access database is for the web.
>>
>> Guy
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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