Dommain Aggregate and ADP

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Chris Strug

Am I right in thinking that that Domain Aggregate functions such as DLOOKUP
and DSUM don't work in an Access ADP?

They don't seem to - I just wanted to confirm it.

Assuming that they don't are there any efficient replacements available?
Either with-in Access or as custom functions?

Thanks

Chris Strug
 
Chris,

Do you have any fields that are not updateable by the form (calculated or
display only (enable no/locked yes)), but you are setting default values
for?

Cheers
Guy
 
I have to say that after a little investigation they seem to work on
some occaisons and on others I get a "OLE error". I can't seem to spot a
pattern, its probably just in how I'm using them...
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Could we see the code?

When the functions fail, are the connection and user the same as when they
succeed?

CurrentProject.Connection.Execute("SELECT SUM(fldSchoolEnrolment) FROM
tblSchoolEnrolments WHERE fldSchoolID = 107").Fields(0).Value

is an sloppy but quick alternative to DSum that I sumtimes use , but like
anything else that queries an SQL-Database (including DSum I expect) the user
must have the proper permissions in order to have it perform correctly.

If I were doing DSums from an ADP, (and I never use domain-aggregate
functions), I would create a Stored Procedure that returned the value I want,
send it the parameters thet determined the records to be polled and wrap it
within some (probably generic-general type) function. By doing so I think I
could exercise more control over permissions, and find errors more easily.
 
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