Sharlene England wrote:
The following works:
"SELECT JOB_NO.CUSTCODE, JOB_NO.JOB_NO" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "FROM
`K:\DATA\DBDATA\JOBDATA`\JOB_NO.DBF JOB_NO" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) &
"WHERE (JOB_NO.JOB_NO=50068)")

but now I want to replace the 50068 above with a cell reference to the value
in cell A1.


"SELECT JOB_NO.CUSTCODE, JOB_NO.JOB_NO" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & _
"FROM `K:\DATA\DBDATA\JOBDATA`\JOB_NO.DBF JOB_NO" & _
Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "WHERE (JOB_NO.JOB_NO=" & Range("A1") & ")"

In more recent versions of Excel you can give your query a "parameter" which
you can specify as coming from a range - and even have the query re-run
automatically when the value in the range changes. Select a cell in your
query results and try Data / Get External Data / Parameters

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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