OFF2000: Run-Time Error 3085 Using DAO

• Microsoft Office 2000
• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

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When you use Data Access Objects (DAO) in a Microsoft Office program to open a Microsoft Access query, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '3085':
Undefined function <function name> in expression.

CAUSE

You are using DAO to open a query that contains a user-defined function.

MORE INFORMATION

When using DAO, you can refer to Microsoft Jet objects that are dependent only on other Microsoft Jet objects.
The following steps demonstrate this problem. The steps create a query in Microsoft Access that calls a user-defined function and then tries to open a recordset on that query using DAO in Microsoft Excel.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Create a module and type the following procedure:




Function IsInternational(strCountry As String) As String
   If strCountry = "USA" Then
      IsInternational = "Local"
   Else
      IsInternational = "Intl"
   End If
End Function 

3. Create a new query based on the Customers table as follows:




   Query: qryExcelTest
   --------------------------------------
   Type: Select Query

   Field: CompanyName
      Table: Customers
   Field: Country
      Table: Customers
   Field: Expr1: IsInternational([Country]) 

4. Quit Microsoft Access.



5. In Microsoft Excel, create a new workbook.



6. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
   
   In the Visual Basic Editor, insert a new module sheet by clicking Module on the Insert menu. Type the following sample macro (Sub procedure).




Sub xlTest()
   Dim db As Database, rs1 As Recordset
   Dim qry As QueryDef
   Set db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase _
     ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb")
     ' Replace the above path with the correct path to the
     ' sample Northwind.mdb database on your computer.
   Set qry = db.QueryDefs("qryExcelTest")
   Set rs1 = qry.OpenRecordset
   rs1.MoveLast
   rs1.Close
   db.Close
End Sub 

7. On the Tools menu, click References. Click to select the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library check box, and then click OK.



8. Run the macro called xlTest.
   
   Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Additional query words: prb OFF2000

Keywords : kbcode kbprg kbdta AccCon KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:2000,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb