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Old November 29th, 2003, 02:30 PM
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MS Access - Limit query to TOP xxx values ?

hi,

i read here about the TOP command in ms access. that's what i need BUT i need this dynamicaly from a formular.

but ms access dosen't allow a []... statement there, i have a from with and text field that represents the number of wanted tablerows.

any idea how to do that ?

thx

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sql = "select top " & request.form("top") & " <rest of query>"

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Old November 29th, 2003, 03:47 PM
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hu vb

no chance doing that in a normal query ? i have no idea of vb modules in access - how can i build a query in vb (like u descriped) and use it in a report for example ?

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