3065-Cannot execute select query--why not?

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John Sanders

OK, I'm probably missing something basic here.

I get a run-time error 3065, cannot execute a select query.

The code seems to compile fine:


....
Dim testqry As DAO.QueryDef
Dim TestDB As DAO.Database
Dim SQLString As String

Stop
SQLString = "SELECT * FROM " & Me.Recordset.Name & " WHERE (" &
Me.Recordset.Name & _
".[employee name] = """
SQLString = SQLString & "Jester"
' This will be replaced with a variable when I get it to execute
SQLString = SQLString & """);"
Debug.Print SQLString
Set TestDB = CurrentDb
Set testqry = TestDB.CreateQueryDef("", SQLString)
testqry.Execute
...


The generated SQL string is
SELECT * FROM tbl_Employees WHERE (tbl_Employees.[employee name] =
"Jester");


When I save that string as a query outside the form, it will execute
fine. Inside the form, it crashes on the testqry.execute line with the
run-time error.

I have as references:
Visual Basic For Applications
Microsoft Access 9.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library

I am running Access 2000 on a local machine with a local single-user
database.


Thanks for any help--this is getting me frustrated.

John Sanders
PersonalIT at Juno dot Com
 
John Sanders said:
OK, I'm probably missing something basic here.

I get a run-time error 3065, cannot execute a select query.

The code seems to compile fine:


...
Dim testqry As DAO.QueryDef
Dim TestDB As DAO.Database
Dim SQLString As String

Stop
SQLString = "SELECT * FROM " & Me.Recordset.Name & " WHERE (" &
Me.Recordset.Name & _
".[employee name] = """
SQLString = SQLString & "Jester"
' This will be replaced with a variable when I get it to execute
SQLString = SQLString & """);"
Debug.Print SQLString
Set TestDB = CurrentDb
Set testqry = TestDB.CreateQueryDef("", SQLString)
testqry.Execute
...


The generated SQL string is
SELECT * FROM tbl_Employees WHERE (tbl_Employees.[employee name] =
"Jester");


When I save that string as a query outside the form, it will execute
fine. Inside the form, it crashes on the testqry.execute line with
the run-time error.

I have as references:
Visual Basic For Applications
Microsoft Access 9.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library

I am running Access 2000 on a local machine with a local single-user
database.


Thanks for any help--this is getting me frustrated.

John Sanders
PersonalIT at Juno dot Com
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The error message is actually telling you the whole story: You cannot
"execute" a SELECT query. Only "action" queries -- append, delete,
make-table queries -- can be executed. SELECT queries return data, so
you have to use OpenRecordset to open a recordset on your query:

Dim TestDB As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset ' <===***
Dim SQLString As String

SQLString = _
"SELECT * FROM " & Me.Recordset.Name & _
" WHERE (" & Me.Recordset.Name & ".[employee name] = """

SQLString = SQLString & "Jester"
' This will be replaced with a variable when I get it to execute

SQLString = SQLString & """);"

Set TestDB = CurrentDb

Set rs = TestDB.OpenRecordset(SQLString) ' <===***

' ... do stuff with rs ...

rs.Close

Set rs = nothing
Set TestDB = Nothing
 
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Dirk Goldgar said:
Answered in a different newsgroup, to which you posted this question
independently.
Click to expand...

No, I was wrong. Please disregard this unwarranted message.
 
Dirk said:
OK, I'm probably missing something basic here.
Click to expand...
[snip]
The error message is actually telling you the whole story: You cannot
"execute" a SELECT query. Only "action" queries -- append, delete,
make-table queries -- can be executed. SELECT queries return data, so
you have to use OpenRecordset to open a recordset on your query:

Dim TestDB As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset ' <===***
Dim SQLString As String
Click to expand...
[snip]


Thanks. I thought it was something basic :-p
 
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