[mso] Re: MS Acsess 07 queries
- From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:29:26 +1100
> Oh, and it did match my original query.
No Richard, it did not.
Your original message had
> I would think it would be >750 <800 - but that does not work.
Your later message had
> Do I type ">=800 and <=750" Without the ""
As you can see, you had things back the front in this and were asking the
computer to check for an impossibility.
I pointed the above problem out and told you what I suspected you needed to
use. (There was nothing unfriendly about this.)
I then asked you to give us a reasonable amount of information in describing
your problem so that perhaps we would have a chance of working out where you
were going wrong.
> Thanks for your friendly response (not so)
If you think that my request for reasonable information was unfriendly, then
you are (1) wrong, and (2) asking for people to start ignoring your
questions.
Please take the same amount of time in composing your messages and reading
the replies as you would expect us to take in thinking about and answering
your problem.
I notice that your tag line says that you are a (presumably senior) manager.
As such, you should be used to (1) describing situations in enough detail so
that others can understand what is actually going on, and (2) reading
correspondence carefully before replying to avoid giving incorrect
responses. Please grant us the same courtesies you would your colleagues
and customers.
Might I recommend you read the excellent article
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before asking future
questions.
Regards, Dave S
PS You can quite reasonably interpret that THIS REPLY is not friendly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Howard" <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:03 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: MS Acsess 07 queries
> Oh, and it did match my original query. Thanks for your friendly response
> (not so)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Smart
> Sent: 13 January 2010 13:59
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: MS Acsess 07 queries
>
>> Do I type ">=800 and <=750" Without the ""
>
> No, and that is nothing like your original example (or my response for
> that
> matter). That's looking for values that are >=800 AND <=750 AT THE SAME
> TIME - which is an impossibility.
>
>>=750 and <=800 would possibly be what you want.
>
> But what do you mean by "I cannot get one that works"? You've got to
> describe precisely what you mean. Does it give an error? Does it return
> all records? Does it return no records? Does it return some (the wrong)
> records? Or what?
>
> And please provide exact copy/paste of any conditions you are typing in.
> We
> can't spot an error if we can't see EXACTLY what you're trying to use.
>
> And also, please describe the way the field you're checking is defined in
> the database. (I,e, is it numeric, and if so exactly what, or is it
> text?)
> This might possibly be significant.
>
> Regards, Dave S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Howard" <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:48 PM
> Subject: [mso] Re: MS Acsess 07 queries
>
>
>>I cannot get one that works
>>
>> Do I type ">=800 and <=750" Without the ""
>>
>> Richard A Howard
>> European Retail Marketing Manager
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of David Smart
>> Sent: 13 January 2010 10:30
>> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mso] Re: MS Acsess 07 queries
>>
>> Assuming you want it between - and including - 750 and 800 then you need
>> >=
>> and <= respectively.
>>
>> There is also a "between" keyword in SQL, although it mightn't be
>> available
>> in the query you're creating.
>>
>> What do you mean by "... but that does not work"? What exactly does it
>> do
>> for specific test values of the score field. (I take it that "score" is
>> a
>> field in the record?)
>>
>> Regards, Dave S
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard Howard" <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:21 PM
>> Subject: [mso] MS Acsess 07 queries
>>
>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I am writing a query that I am sure is really easy. I want to select
>>> results that are in a number range. For example, I want to pull back
>>> records with a score between 750 and 800. I would think it would be >750
>>> <800- but that does not work.
>>>
>>> I do not use the wizard for queries, I type it directly into the query
>>> grid.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help out there?
>>>
>>> Richard A Howard
>>> European Retail Marketing Manager
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