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Posted on by wezhema 31

Hi,

 

I am trying to do a simple SELECT-FROM-WHERE query of an Excel file.

 

The problem seems that in the WHERE condition I am using a reserved keyword. My query is this one:

wezhema_0-1648069670522.png

 

As you can see, the "Zone" word seems reserved but that is the name of the column I want to filter.

When I run the query I am getting this error: Error in SQL statement Data type mismatch in criteria expression.

 

Thank you.

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    VJR 7,635 on at

    Hi @wezhema 

     

    Although zone is printing in blue as a keyword but it is not giving any problems while using it in the where clause with a valid value.

    The problem could be due to the #N/A condition in the where clause.

     

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    wezhema 31 on at

    Thank you. Yes correct, the problem was the N/A, I changed the column to Text format in Excel and it is working now with single quotation marks.

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    VJR 7,635 on at

    okay, @wezhema you can close the thread now.

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