Try changing your criteria to a formula:
="=a"

or use a different formula:
=sumif(a:a,"A",b:b)



Dan wrote:

Hi,
I have notice something strange with the Dsum function
it is not comparing the full criteria but only the begining of it

for example:

name grade
a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
abcd 5

criteria

name grade
a

dsum will give 6 (1 for "a "+ 5 for "abcd") and not the expect 1 for "a" only

is there a way around that?

Many thanks
Dan

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Dave Peterson