[AccessD] My Iif expression isn't right

Hi again,

Okay, I think I've got the solution - use the -1 value instead of "Yes" 
for the criteria - that makes my IEP-Sort field get the number I want.

But, why doesn't the other way around work? 

Tina

Tina Norris Fields wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, you helped me yesterday with my tab control background color issue. 
>
> I've got another one to solve pronto.
>
> My client wanted three yes/no checkboxes for each student, labeled 
> IEP-10, IEP-11, and IEP-12 - these were to indicate whether an IEP 
> evaluation had been carried out for the student and in which grade, 10, 
> 11, or 12.  At the time, I was assured this was never going to be used 
> for sorting.  Riiiiight!  So, there are three separate fields in the 
> student table. 
>
> Now, we need to create a report showing all students for whom the IEP 
> has been carried out, and - you guessed it -  sort first on the IEP 
> grade (10, 11, or 12), and then alphabetically by student name.
>
> I decided to add a computed field to my query that looks for a "Yes" in 
> any of the three fields, and to give a value to that field based on 
> which IEP field was "Yes" like so:
> IEP-Sort:Iif([IEP-10]="Yes", 10, Iif([IEP-11] = "Yes", 11, 
> Iif([IEP-12]="Yes", 12, "")))
>
> The idea then, is to sort on the computed field.  The query finds the 
> records and fills in all the fields correctly except for my IEP-Sort 
> field - there it gives me the #Error.  Okay, I don't know what my error 
> is.  Please, how do I figure out my goof and fix it?  I will be watching 
> for a reply and trying to think it out at the same time.  Any help 
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tina
>
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