Selecting rows from Access database by date search criteria in VB.NET form

Question

I have a very simple problem. I have a couple of datepicker controls on my VB.NET form and users select \"startDate\" and \"endDate\", and all rows from the related table are di

Answer 1

What could be the issue with this is the string format. I'm not sure if Access will convert the string to a Date and then compare or convert the Date to a string and then compare. You can try this:

Format(Orders.OrderDate,'mm/dd/yyyy') >= Format(#" + startDate.Value.Date + "#,'mm/dd/yyyy')

Or you could always just use the date directly,

OrderDate >= #" + startDate.Value.Date + "#"

Edit:, to do my due diligence, you really should be doing the query like this

OrderDate >= @StartDate

Then add this code

adapter.Parameters.Add("@StartDate", startDate.Value.Date);

Using parameters is important for robust code and to avoid the dreaded SQL injection attack.