Access SQL query needed (dates)

Question

So i have the following query:

DoCmd.RunSQL "delete * from [TABLE NAME] where month = '" & Format(PrevMonth, "yyyy-mm-dd") & "'"

month is a Text field.

Lets say PrevMonth = August 2010 so instead of delete the rows where the date is august 2010, i want it to delete august 2010 and all after that? so september 2010, october 2010, and so on.

thanks.

Answer 1

You can use the CDate() function to cast your text date to date/time data type.

Then:

DELETE FROM [TABLE NAME]
WHERE CDate([month]) >= #2010/08/01#;

I enclosed the field name in brackets because Month() is an Access VBA function ... the brackets let Access know to treat month as a field rather than the function. If it were my database, I would rename the field.