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Ms Query Parameters Referencing to a Cell

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Salut39 (TechnicalUser)
21 May 12 7:17
Hi

Following the thread68-1637794: Excel/MS Query: Change format of date and dollar amount I was trying to Enter Formula =TEXT(A1,"YYYY-MM-DD") in parameter's window.

But for some reason as soon as I enter formula update does not work. If I enter the same formula in cell and reference to that cell it works fine.

I want to know why it's not working in parameters window. Any ideas?

Yuri
SkipVought (Programmer)
21 May 12 8:53

Never tried to enter data of any kind in the Parameter Window, when a cell works just as well, or in this case, BETTER! Why complicate things?

Skip,

glassesJust traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!tongue

Salut39 (TechnicalUser)
21 May 12 9:39
I am not trying to complicate I try to simplify. I have a cell(A1) where I enter date as parameter but database doesn't recognise the format. I create another cell(B1) to convert the date to text. Instead I wanted to refer to date cell(A1) but convertion formula to be entered ones in parameter's window. But it's surprisingly not working.
SkipVought (Programmer)
21 May 12 9:55

Reference the cell containing the TEXT formula in the parameters window.

Change your QUERY, if you have not already, to expect TEXT rather than date, like...

CODE

WHERE to_char(LPST,'yyyy-mm-dd')=?

Skip,

glassesJust traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!tongue

Salut39 (TechnicalUser)
21 May 12 10:23
Because it come from my SQL it's expecting date in format 2012-05-21, but Excel converts it to date, parameters only work if I format date to =TEXT(A1,"YYYY-MM-DD") . I would rather query expected field to be as DATE but don't know how to do it.
SkipVought (Programmer)
21 May 12 10:30
The PROBLEM is that TEXT is not DATE.

I do not believe that you can embed your parameter in a To Date function in MS Query.

That is why I went the other direction of changing the table date to TEXT.

Skip,

glassesJust traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!tongue

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