crosstab query

[fanfan2]

My crosstab query doesn't take the textbox value from the form. It says it doesnt recognize [forms]![frmMain]![txtEndDate] as a valid field name or expression. How can I solve this?

TRANSFORM Sum(tblDowntimeHrs.downtimeHrs) AS downtimeHrsOfSum
SELECT tblEquipmentType.Equipment_Type
FROM tblEquipmentType INNER JOIN (tblCategory INNER JOIN tblDowntimeHrs ON tblCategory.category = tblDowntimeHrs.category) ON tblEquipmentType.type = tblDowntimeHrs.type
WHERE (((tblDowntimeHrs.date)>=[Forms]![frmMain]![txtStartDate] And (tblDowntimeHrs.date)<=[forms]![frmMain]![txtEndDate]))
GROUP BY tblEquipmentType.Equipment_Type
PIVOT tblCategory.category_description;

in my select query with the same table, it works fine:

SELECT tblEquipmentType.Equipment_Type, tblCategory.category_description, Sum(tblDowntimeHrs.downtimeHrs) AS downtimeHrsOfSum
FROM tblEquipmentType INNER JOIN (tblCategory INNER JOIN tblDowntimeHrs ON tblCategory.category = tblDowntimeHrs.category) ON tblEquipmentType.type = tblDowntimeHrs.type
WHERE (((tblDowntimeHrs.date)>=[Forms]![frmMain]![txtStartDate] And (tblDowntimeHrs.date)<=[forms]![frmMain]![txtEndDate]))
GROUP BY tblEquipmentType.Equipment_Type, tblCategory.category_description;

thanks.

 

[pbaldy]

Crosstab queries require that their parameters be explicitly declared. With the query in design view, Query/Parameters.