Article ID: 166113 - Last Review: September 1, 2005 - Revision: 3.0

You cannot use user-defined modules through ODBC or DAO

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Using Microsoft Access, you can create code modules in an .mdb file that can be used by predefined queries. When you open the query in Access, the code works as expected. However, if you use ODBC or DAO to access the predefined query, the following error message appears:

Undefined function '<function name>' in expression

For example, assume that a function, called PlusTen, that adds 10 to some value is defined in Access as follows:

   Public Function PlusTen(ByVal inVal As Long) As Long
     PlusTen = inVal + 10
   End Function

You could have the following SQL statement in a predefined query:

   Select PlusTen(column1) from table1

With the Access 7.0 or Access 97 ODBC Drivers included with Visual C++ versions 4.x and Visual C++ version 5.0, you receive an error similar to the following:

   Undefined function 'PlusTen' in expression
   State:37000, Native:-3102, Origin:[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access 97
   Driver]

If you use DAO 3.0 (included with Visual C++ 4.x) or DAO 3.5 (included with Visual C++ 5.0), the following message appears in the Output window of the debugger:

   DAO Call Failed.
       m_pQueryDef->m_pDAOQueryDef->OpenRecordset(
         COleVariant((long)m_nOpenType), COleVariant((long)m_nOptions),
         &m_pDAORecordset)
       In file daocore.cpp on line 3327
       scode = 800A0C0D
   Error Code = 3085
   Source = DAO.Database
   Description = Undefined function 'PlusTen' in expression.

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