What To Do When a Value Won't Format as Currency

In this Microsoft Access tutorial I'm going to teach you how to take a value in a query that you want to format as a currency value but Access won't let you. We will use the CCur function to convert a text value to a currency value.

Natalie from Decatur, Illinois (a Platinum Member) writes: I'm trying to make a query showing the total orders for a customer using the DSum function however the number shows up correctly but it won't format as a currency.

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Prerequisites

• Invoicing: https://599cd.com/Invoicing
• Calculated Fields: https://599cd.com/Calculated
• DSum: https://599cd.com/DSum

Links

• NZ Function: https://599cd.com/NZ
• Null: https://599cd.com/Null
• Format: https://599cd.com/Format
• Aggregate Query: https://599cd.com/Aggregate

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