Compare subselect value with value in master select

Question

In MS Access, I have a query where I want to use a column in the outer query as a condition in the inner query:

SELECT P.FirstName, P.LastName, Count(A.attendance_date) AS CountOfattendance_date,
       First(A.attendance_date) AS FirstOfattendance_date,
       (SELECT COUNT (*) 
          FROM(SELECT DISTINCT attendance_date 
                FROM tblEventAttendance AS B 
                WHERE B.event_id=8 
                  AND B.attendance_date >= FirstOfattendance_date)
       ) AS total
FROM tblPeople AS P INNER JOIN tblEventAttendance AS A ON P.ID = A.people_id
WHERE A.event_id=8
GROUP BY P.FirstName, P.LastName
;

The key point is FirstOfattendance_date - I want the comparison deep in the subselect to use the value in each iteration of the master select. Obviously this doesn't work, it asks me for the value of FirstOfattendance_date when I try to run it.

I'd like to do this without resorting to VB code... any ideas?

Answer 1

Can you change

B.attendance_date >= FirstOfattendance_date

to

B.attendance_date >= First(A.attendance_date)

Answer 2

How about:

SELECT 
     p.FirstName,
     p.LastName,
     Count(a.attendance_date) AS CountOfattendance_date,
     First(a.attendance_date) AS FirstOfattendance_date,
     c.total
FROM (
     tblPeople AS p 
INNER JOIN tblEventAttendance AS a ON 
     a.people_id = p.ID) 
INNER JOIN (SELECT people_id, Count (attendance_date) As total
            FROM (
                SELECT DISTINCT people_id,attendance_date
                FROM tblEventAttendance) 
            Group By people_id) AS c ON 
     p.ID = c.people_id
GROUP BY 
     p.ID, c.total;