ODBC Invalid Character Value for Cast Specification Error

[kiwidancer]

Hello,
I am using VBA to query data from Access.

I have figured out that I am getting this error anytime the query needs to return a line that has the value of 0 in column 17.

The values are indeed 0, not null or blank and the same query works fine when I use MSQuery - the error only comes up when it needs to return the information to Excel.

My code for the query looks like this:

With ActiveSheet.ListObjects.Add(SourceType:=0, Source:="ODBC; DSN=MS Access Database; DBQ=\\SERVIDOR\CELUPAL55\CELUPAL55.mdb; DriverId=25;FIL=MS Access; MaxBufferSize=2048; PageTimeout=5;", Destination:=Range(rng)).QueryTable
.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM MonthInvoices WHERE (`Invoice Date`>=20091201 And `Invoice Date`<=20091231)
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = False
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.BackgroundQuery = True
.RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
.SavePassword = False
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.PreserveColumnInfo = False
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With

if I change the .CommandText line to:
.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM MonthInvoices WHERE (`Func Unit Cost`<>0) AND (`Invoice Date`>=20091201 And `Invoice Date`<=20091231)

then I get no error.

Is there any way to SET the cast specification to what I want it to be? Or some other workaround to include these lines as my report is not correct without them?

Thank you in advance for any help!

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

You gave us no information regarding the data in the table. So how can we venture a suggestion, not knowing the nature of your data.

I have seen instances in corporate databases, whee invalid data makes a simple query impossible. You'll need to ANALYSE the data to determine if there are invalid records.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[kiwidancer]

The column that it's having a problem with has a numerical type, and 0 is in fact a numerical type.

If the records were invalid, then wouldn't there be a problem when doing the query in MSQuery as well, not only in Excel??

Below is a sample line of the data that causes it to error.

http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bz0ft9Qhx-IFNmU2ZmZjZWQtNmFlYS00YzlhLTliNDktNjU5NWZhYTkxMTdh&hl=en

 

[SkipVought]

If the records were invalid, then wouldn't there be a problem when doing the query in MSQuery as well, not only in Excel??

I am confused! Is you code not MS Query in Excel?


Have you examined ALL the data in that column in Access?

Can you do a query like this...

Select Distinct `Func Unit Cost`
FROM MonthInvoices

and if so, is the resultset instructive?


Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[xlbo]

What is "MidSalesPrice" ? Is it a calc?

Would it error if your FuncUnitCost = 0?

If so, that is likely to be the culprit...

Rgds, Geoff

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Please read FAQ222-2244 before you ask a question

 

[kiwidancer]

Skip - yes, the code is msquery in excel, but what I'm trying to say is that when I actually open MSQuery and run the same query, it does not error - it only errors when it tries to write the data to excel.

I have examined all of the data in the column, i have even tried to pull up each invoice that has a functional unit cost of 0 individually and every one of them errors, but no other invoices do.

I tried your query directly from vba and it errored (because one of the values was 0) and then directly from msquery and it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know...

xlbo - Mid Sales Price is a calculation, but it has nothing to do with the functional unit cost...


really, thank you guys for your input, but this problem is still driving me mad!

 

[PHV]

Mid Sales Price is a calculation
Which expression ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[kiwidancer]

ICPRIC.MARKUPCOST*(1+ICPRIC.PRCNTLVL2/100) AS [Mid Sales Price]


this column has zero or blank values for many more lines than I am having problems with

 

[jsteph]

You may want to try wrapping the calc in a ccur() and NZ()
ccur(nz(ICPRIC.MARKUPCOST*(1+ICPRIC.PRCNTLVL2/100),0))
--jim