
Let's examine this expression in more detail.ġ DatePart is a function that examines a date and returns a specific portion. This expression consists of the DatePart function and two argument values: "yyyy" and !. For example, suppose you want to tell Access "Look at the BirthDate field in the Customers table and tell me the year of the customer's birth." You can write this expression as: DatePart("yyyy",!) Think of it this way: when you want Access to do something, you have to speak its language. In this articleĬomparison of Access expressions and Excel formulas

This article provides overview information about expressions - when to use them, what their component parts are, and how they compare with Microsoft Excel formulas. You can use expressions for a wide variety of tasks in Microsoft Access, such as performing mathematical calculations, combining or extracting text, or validating data.

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