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    <p>I'm using MS Access 2003 and I'm trying to execute a few queries at once using VB. When I write out the query in SQL it works fine, but when I try to do it in VB it asks me to "Enter Parameter Value" for DEPA, then DND (which are the first few letters of a two strings I have). Here's the code:</p> <pre><code>Option Compare Database Public Sub RemoveDupelicateDepartments() Dim oldID As String Dim newID As String Dim sqlStatement As String oldID = "DND-01" newID = "DEPA-04" sqlStatement = "UPDATE [Clean student table] SET [HomeDepartment]=" &amp; newID &amp; " WHERE [HomeDepartment]=" &amp; oldID &amp; ";" DoCmd.RunSQL sqlStatement &amp; "" End Sub </code></pre> <p>It looks to me as though it's taking in the string up to the - then nothing else. I dunno, that's why I'm asking lol. What should my code look like?</p>
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    1. CODo ***NOT*** use string concatenation to build queries like that.
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    2. COOk, is there another way I could build this query?
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    3. COOr is it more of a "bad practice" thing?
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