ACC97: Wrong Results Using Filter By Form on Hyperlink Field

ID: Q187345

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SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

On a Hyperlink field in a Filter By Form, if you use the Like operator with an asterisk (*) as the last character of the lookup value, more records than expected may be returned.


CAUSE

The Filter By Form will append an extra asterisk at the beginning of the lookup value.

For instance, if you have two records, one with a Hyperlink field of ABC and another with a Hyperlink field of 123ABC, when you enter Like "ABC*" in the criteria of the Filter By Form, both records will be returned. Filter By Form has changed the criteria to Like "*ABC*".


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


  1. Create a new table called tblTest: 
    
      Table: tblTest
      -------------------------
      Field Name: ID
         Data Type: AutoNumber
      Field Name: testHyperlink
         Data Type: Hyperlink


  2. Create a new form called frmTest based on tblTest.


  3. Add the following records. Note you do not need valid hyperlinks to test this: 
    
      ID          testHyperlink
      --------------------------
      1           123ABC456
      2           ABC123
      3           As Easy as 123
      4           ABCtestABC


  4. On the Records menu, point to Filter, and then click Filter By Form.


  5. Type Like "ABC*" in the testHyperlink field.


  6. On the Filter menu, click Apply Filter/Sort.

    Note that all the records containing ABC are returned when you would expect only records 2 and 4 to be returned. It is as if you had typed Like "*ABC*" in the field.



REFERENCES

For more information about using the Filter By Form feature, search the Help Index for "Filter By Form," or ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: filter-by-form 


Keywords          : FmrOthr IntLink 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 3, 1999