Dlookup help please ...

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I received this help previously, but am not sure how it applies, can someone
please direct me>

How do I apply Dlookup to a query?? The query is called from a form
on save, and it's function is to update the inventorycounter field.
I did have the WHERE clause working, but would like to use the DLOOKUP so
that I can use this query from multiple forms.

Now, you have a choice how you apply the criteria to the
query. You can add the WHERE clause we have been
discussing:
WHERE inventorycounter = Forms!nameofform.inventorycounter
to the query and just look up the calculated value in a text
box's control source expression:
=DLookup("EquipmentID", "nameofquery")

Or, you can leave the WHERE clause out of the query and
apply the criteria in the DLookup:

=DLookup("EquipmentID", "nameofquery", "inventorycounter="
& inventorycounter)

Personally, I prefer the latter because it makes the query
independent of the form. BUT, it might(?) have poorer
performance. If there is a significant performance penalty,
then use the former approach.
 

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