Run-time error 2501

[ansentry]

I have a combo box on a form with the following code in the after upate;

Code

Private Sub cmboFilter_AfterUpdate()
If Me![cmboFilter] = "<All>" Then
DoCmd.ShowAllRecords
Else
DoCmd.ApplyFilter , "[RegistrationNumber] = '" & Me![cmboFilter] & "'"
End If
End Sub



Data Source

SELECT DISTINCT RegistrationNumber FROM Qry_RegFilter UNION SELECT "<All>" FROM Qry_RegFilter;

This works fine, BUT the following does not and the only difference is that the look up field OutDate is date format.

Code
Private Sub cmboFilter_AfterUpdate()
If Me![cmboFilter] = "<All>" Then
DoCmd.ShowAllRecords
Else
DoCmd.ApplyFilter , "[OutDate] = '" & Me![cmboFilter] & "'"


End If
End Sub

Source

SELECT DISTINCT OutDate FROM Qry_OutDateFilter UNION SELECT "<All>" FROM Qry_OutDateFilter;


Thank you in advance

 

[Rich]

DoCmd.ApplyFilter , "[OutDate] = " & Me![cmboFilter]
just noticed your in Oz, so you'll probably have to use
DoCmd.ApplyFilter , "[OutDate] = " & Format(Me![cmboFilter],"mm/dd/yyyy")

 

[ansentry]

Rich,

Thank you for your reply, yes I am in Oz but we still use

dd/mm/yy (7th June 2003)

Sorry to say I still am unable to get it to work.

I have attached a sample db, as you will see the "Driver" filter works fine. I have put your code in (at least it does not give an error) but it appears to do nothing.

Regards,

 

[Rich]

Outside of the US you have to format the dates in US style to return the correct records when filtering or returning dates from strings, try this

 

[ansentry]

Rich,

I have tried both ways dd/mm/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy in the one you returned and you are right only mm/dd/yyyy works .

That will make no difference to the user, so thank you for your help it is appreciated.

Regards,