Question

Using SQL in Access, trying to “Update” a table, with the user name, from another table.
The 3rd line below (SQLnm2…) says error-2465 cant find field ‘|’.
I’ve tried changing the expression many ways but no success.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Dim SQLnm As String  
Dim SQLnm2 As String  
SQLnm2 = SQLnm2 & "', '" & [Employees]![NBK] & "');"  
SQLnm = " Update tbl_DateTracking SET NBK = "  
SQLnm = SQLnm & "'" & SQLnm2 & "' WHERE "  
SQLnm = SQLnm & "CaseId = '" & CaseId & "' AND OCC_Scenario = '" & OCC_Scenario & "';"  
DoCmd.RunSQL SQLnm 

Answer 1

You have a close bracket where it is not opened on your third line.

SQLnm2 = SQLnm2 & “‘, ‘” & [Employees]![name] & “‘);”

You are also not stating which column to update. It appears you want to update 2 columns, the first being NBK with an empty value. The second is tricky as you either want to update your column called Name or update another column to the value of employee.name.

Your code concatenates to

Update tbl_DateTracking
SET NBK = ”, ‘Employee name’ WHERE

Your code needs to state what column is the Employee Name.

EG

Update tbl_DateTracking
SET NBK = ”, EnterColumnNameHere= ‘Employee.Name’ WHERE

or maybe you meant

Update tbl_DateTracking
SET NBK = ‘Employee.Name’ WHERE

Until I know how many columns you’re trying to populate (and with what value), I can’t provide SQL code.

As a guide for context:

UPDATE table_name
SET column1=value, column2=value2,...
WHERE some_column=some_value

UPDATE Persons
SET Address='Nissestien 67', City='Sandnes'
WHERE LastName='Tjessem' AND FirstName='Jakob'