Question : How can I set a variable equal to a value returned from an SQL SELECT statement

How can I set a variable equal to a value returned from an SQL SELECT statement in MS Access (I am using MS Access 97)

I have a Table1 with 5 entries.

ID     Animal
1     cat
2     dog
3     mouse
4     cow
5     horse

If I wrote an SELECT Table1.Animal from Table1 WHERE Table1.ID = 1
It would return cat.

I want to create a variable and have it be assigned to the value "cat" the value returned by my select statement when Table1.ID = 1, and have the variable be "dog" when Table1.ID = 2, etc. Here is what I was trying to do. Thanks, Terri

Dim intx As Integer
Dim myvar As Variable

For intx = 1 To 5

     myvar = "SELECT Table1.Animal from Table1 WHERE Table1.ID = " & intx
     MsgBox "intx is " & intx & " and myvar is " & myvar

Next intx

Answer : How can I set a variable equal to a value returned from an SQL SELECT statement

you can use dlookup to get values like that:

myvar = Dlookup("[Animal]","Table1","[ID] = " & intx)