Joining Two Tables with Different Data types MS ACCESS - 'type mismatch in expression' error

Question

I\'m trying to run a query on access using two live CSVs which has a common field with different data types(numbers and short text). I\'ve discovered that you can join different

Answer 1

Try the other way round:

ON Sixthform_Reg_Year_Groups.Person_id = Val(Students.employeeID)

and/or prevent Null errors:

ON CStr(Nz(Sixthform_Reg_Year_Groups.Person_id, 0)) = Nz(Students.employeeID)