Microsoft Access SQL supports the use of the ODBC defined syntax for scalar functions in a pass-through query that runs on Microsoft SQL Server. For example, to return all rows where the absolute value of the change in the price of a stock was greater than five, use the following query:
SELECT DailyClose, DailyChange FROM DailyQuote
WHERE {fn ABS(DailyChange)} > 5For a description of the arguments and a complete explanation of the escape syntax for including functions in a SQL statement, see Scalar Functions.
ODBC Scalar functions by category
A subset of the text functions are supported. The following table lists the ODBC Scalar functions and the equivalent Access functions if any.
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ODBC Function (ODBC Version) |
Access Function |
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ASCII (ODBC 1.0) |
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BIT_LENGTH (3.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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CHAR ( ODBC 1.0) |
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CONCAT ( ODBC 1.0) |
(Use the ampersand (&) character concatenation operator) |
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DIFFERENCE ( ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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INSERT ( ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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LCASE ( ODBC 1.0) |
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LEFT ( ODBC 1.0) |
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LENGTH ( ODBC 1.0) |
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LOCATE ( ODBC 1.0) |
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LTRIM ( ODBC 1.0) |
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OCTET_LENGTH ( ODBC 3.0) (No equivalent function) |
(No equivalent) |
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POSITION ( ODBC 3.0) |
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REPEAT ( ODBC 1.0) |
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REPLACE ( ODBC 1.0) |
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RIGHT ( ODBC 1.0) |
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RTRIM ( ODBC 1.0) |
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SOUNDEX ( ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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SPACE ( ODBC 2.0) |
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SUBSTRING ( ODBC 1.0) |
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UCASE ( ODBC 1.0) |
A subset of the math functions are supported. The following table lists the ODBC Scalar functions and the equivalent Access functions if any.
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ODBC Function (ODBC Version) |
Access Function |
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ABS (ODBC 1.0) |
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ACOS (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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ASIN (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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CEILING (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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ATAN (ODBC 1.0) |
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ATAN2 (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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COS (ODBC 1.0) |
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COT (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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DEGREES (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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EXP (ODBC 1.0) |
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FLOOR (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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MOD (ODBC 1.0) |
(Use the MOD operator) |
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LOG (ODBC 1.0) |
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LOG10 (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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PI (ODBC 1.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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POWER (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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RADIANS (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
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RAND (ODBC 1.0) |
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ROUND (ODBC 2.0) |
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SIGN (ODBC 1.0) |
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SIN (ODBC 1.0) |
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SQRT (ODBC 1.0) |
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TAN (ODBC 1.0) |
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TRUNCATE (ODBC 2.0) |
(No equivalent) |
A subset of the date/time functions are supported. The following table lists the ODBC Scalar functions and the equivalent Access functions if any.
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ODBC Function (ODBC Version) |
Access Function |
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CURDATE (ODBC 1.0) |
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CURTIME (ODBC 1.0) |
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CURRENT_DATE (ODBC 3.0) |
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CURRENT_TIME (ODBC 3.0) |
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CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (ODBC 3.0) |
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DAYNAME (ODBC 2.0) |
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DAYOFMONTH (ODBC 1.0) |
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DAYOFWEEK (ODBC 1.0) |
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DAYOFYEAR (ODBC 1.0) |
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EXTRACT (ODBC 3.0) |
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HOUR (ODBC 1.0) |
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MINUTE (ODBC 1.0) |
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MONTH (ODBC 1.0) |
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MONTHNAME (ODBC 2.0) |
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NOW (ODBC 1.0) |
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QUARTER (ODBC 1.0) |
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SECOND (ODBC 1.0) |
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TIMESTAMPADD (ODBC 2.0) |
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TIMESTAMPDIFF (ODBC 2.0) |
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WEEK (ODBC 1.0) |
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YEAR (ODBC 1.0) |
A subset of the conversion functions are supported. The following table lists the ODBC Scalar functions and the equivalent Access functions if any.
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ODBC Function |
Access Function |
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CONVERT |
Note   String literals can be converted to the following data types: SQL_FLOAT, SQL_DOUBLE, SQL_NUMERIC, SQL_INTEGER, SQL_REAL, SQL_SMALLINT, SQL_VARCHAR and SQL_DATETIME. To convert a string to currency, use SQL_FLOAT. For more information, see Explicit Data Type Conversion Function.
