Hi Sash
You must have included the ACCT field from both tables in your query.
Either delete one of them, or qualify the field by adding the table name to
the criteria string:
stlinkCriteria = "[my table].[ACCT]=" & something

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Good Luck!
Graham Mandeno [Access MVP]
Auckland, New Zealand
>I have a form ACCT where the user enters and account number and clicks
> button that has code to 1) verify if information is in table A and 2) Open
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> I've
> got it....I hit another wall.