What's wrong with my DCount Function?

[flower88]

Hello,

I'm trying to get rid of duplicate entries for contacts. So in my contact entry form when the save buttom is clicked I want to use the DCount function to see if there are duplicates. Here is the code I'm trying to use

If DCount("*", "contacts", [First_Name] = '" & _ Me.First_Name "' & [Last_Name] ='" & _  me.Last_Name " ') >0 Then
MsgBox "contact already exists"
Else
MsgBox "all good"
End If

It is not working and I've tried different ways to write it but I can't get it right. My fields are text fields.

Thanks in advance for the help

[Stewart Ross]

Hi. If you've pasted your code from the actual module and not retyped it then there are some minor errors which are easy to correct. Your IF statement is currently:

If DCount("*", "contacts", [First_Name] = '" & Me.First_Name "' & [Last_Name] ='" &  me.Last_Name " ') >0 Then

but it should be

If DCount("*", "contacts", "[First_Name] = '" & Me.First_Name & "' AND [Last_Name] ='" &  me.Last_Name & "'") > 0 Then

Please be aware that having two contacts with the same name is quite a common occurrence and does not mean that they are necessarily duplicates - you could only tell this by looking at additional information which you don't specify here.

-Stewart

[flower88]

Thanks. And I was aware of the possibility of having people with the same first and last name. I'm using the company name as a third variable. So now it looks like so:

If DCount("*", "contacts", "[First_Name] = '" & Me.First_Name & "' AND [Last_Name] ='" & Me.Last_Name & "' AND [Company] ='" & Me.Company & "'") > 0 Then

And it works, so thanks so much for the help Stewart!