Using Access, what is wrong with this query, UPDATE family SET F17 = CDate(bday);

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Using Access, what is wrong with this query, UPDATE family SET F17 = CDate(bday);

Thomas Pape 0

UPDATE family SET F17 = CDate(bday) Where id = 1;

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What error message were you getting?

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Luis Angel Ñañez Llanos 431

Hi Thomas, I see no fault in the SQL query you share, as long as:

family, is the correct name of the table where the change will be made.
F17, is the correct name of the field to update.
bday, is the correct name of the column containing the value to convert with Cdate.
Id, is the correct name of the column and its data type is numeric.

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2025-06-09T07:41:51.66+00:00

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Answer 3

It appears to me that F17 is a cell reference in an Excel worksheet. If you imported a worksheet into a table and Access, and didn't rename that reference to a valid name, perhaps this could work. However, if this is a linked table in an Excel worksheet, it is not updateable.

Another potential problem is the value of bday. Where does that come from? How is it defined for this Update? I assume that this is the SQL from a query and not a string in VBA?

Thanks for providing sufficient information to allow us to offer useful suggestions.

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Using Access, what is wrong with this query, UPDATE family SET F17 = CDate(bday);

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