Question

How does one add a comment to an MS Access Query, to provide a description of what it does?

Once added, how can one retrieve such comments programmatically?

Answer 1

NOTE: Confirmed with Access 2003, don’t know about earlier versions.

For a query in an MDB you can right-click in the query designer (anywhere in the empty space where the tables are), select Properties from the context menu, and enter text in the Description property.

You’re limited to 256 characters, but it’s better than nothing.

You can get at the description programatically with something like this:

Dim db As Database Dim qry As QueryDef  Set db = Application.CurrentDb Set qry = db.QueryDefs('myQuery')  Debug.Print qry.Properties('Description')