UPDATE Query in MS Access using SQL in VBA with declared strings

Question

been a while since I've posted so please forgive any formatting issues. Looking to update a table field with a value from another record in the same field in the same table.

I've declared two strings, and the strDeal string is coming back with the correct values when debugging. However when I introduce the string into the sql statement I can't the query to update the field. I'm not sure exactly what isn't working correctly, so any help would be appreciated.

The basics are I'm trying to update the Case_Qty field with a value from the same field in the same table based on the returned value from a subquery. Thanks!

Dim strDeal As String
Dim strSQL As String

strDeal = DMax("[Deal_No]", "[tblStructuresNoDAworking]", "[Structure_Name] = Forms!frmStructNoDASetup!Structure_Name AND [FG_Ind] = 0 AND [Deal_No] < Forms!frmStructNoDASetup!Deal_No")

strSQL = "UPDATE tblStructuresNoDAworking SET tblStructuresNoDAworking.Case_Qty = (SELECT [Case_Qty] FROM tblStructuresNoDAworking WHERE [Structure_Name] = '" & Me.Structure_Name.Value & "' AND [Deal_No] = '" & strDeal & "') WHERE [Structure_Name] = '" & Me.Structure_Name.Value & "' AND [Deal_No] = '" & Me.Deal_No.Value & "'"

DoCmd.RunSQL (strSQL)

Answer 1

Try this where you concatenate the values from the form:

Dim strDeal As String
Dim strSQL  As String

strDeal = DMax("[Deal_No]", "[tblStructuresNoDAworking]", "[Structure_Name] = '" & Forms!frmStructNoDASetup!Structure_Name & "' AND [FG_Ind] = 0 AND [Deal_No] < '" & Forms!frmStructNoDASetup!Deal_No & "'")
strSQL = "UPDATE tblStructuresNoDAworking " & _
    "SET tblStructuresNoDAworking.Case_Qty = " & _ 
    "    (SELECT [Case_Qty] " & _
    "    FROM tblStructuresNoDAworking " & _
    "    WHERE [Structure_Name] = '" & Me.Structure_Name.Value & "' AND [Deal_No] = '" & strDeal & "') " & _
    "WHERE [Structure_Name] = '" & Me.Structure_Name.Value & "' AND [Deal_No] = '" & Me.Deal_No.Value & "'"

DoCmd.RunSQL strSQL