Between…And operator — Access VBA Reference (2026)

Reference

Applies to: Access 2013 | Access 2016

Determines whether the value of an expression falls within a specified range of values. Use this operator within SQL statements.

Syntax

_expr_ [ Not ] Between _value1_ And _value2_

The Between…And operator syntax has these parts:

Remarks

If the value of _expr_ is between _value1_ and _value2_ (inclusive), the Between…And operator returns True; otherwise, it returns False. You can include the Not logical operator to evaluate the opposite condition (that is, whether _expr_ lies outside the range defined by _value1_ and _value2_ ).

You might use Between…And to determine whether the value of a field falls within a specified numeric range. The following example determines whether an order was shipped to a location within a range of postal codes. If the postal code is between 98101 and 98199, the IIf function returns "Local". Otherwise, it returns "Nonlocal".

“vb SELECT IIf(PostalCode Between 98101 And 98199, "Local", "Nonlocal") FROM Publishers;“

If _expr_, _value1_, or _value2_ is Null, Between…And returns a Null value.

Because wildcard characters, such as , are treated as literals, you cannot use them with the Between…And operator. For example, you cannot use 980 and 989* to find all postal codes that start with 980 to 989.

Instead, you have two alternatives for accomplishing this. You can add an expression to the query that takes the left three characters of the text field and use Between…And on those characters. Or you can pad the high and low values with extra characters—in this case, 98000 to 98999, or 98000 to 98999-9999 if using extended postal codes. (You must omit the – 0000 from the low values because otherwise 98000 is dropped if some postal codes have extended sections and others don’t.)

Example

This example lists the name and contact of every customer who placed an order in the second quarter of 1995.

This example calls the EnumFields procedure, which you can find in the SELECT statement example.

“`vb
Sub SubQueryX()

Dim dbs As Database, rst As Recordset

‘ Modify this line to include the path to Northwind
‘ on your computer.
Set dbs = OpenDatabase(“Northwind.mdb”)

‘ List the name and contact of every customer
‘ who placed an order in the second quarter of
‘ 1995.

Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset(“SELECT ContactName,” _
& ” CompanyName, ContactTitle, Phone” _
& ” FROM Customers” _
& ” WHERE CustomerID” _
& ” IN (SELECT CustomerID FROM Orders” _
& ” WHERE OrderDate Between #04/1/95#” _
& ” And #07/1/95#);”)

‘ Populate the Recordset.
rst.MoveLast

‘ Call EnumFields to print the contents of the
‘ Recordset. Pass the Recordset object and desired
‘ field width.
EnumFields rst, 25

dbs.Close

End Sub
“`

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