birthdays!

i have a date field in my databse in format mm/dd/yyyy
how do i find if someone is having their birthday based on today's date in the databse when the form loads.
how to loop in the recordset i'm using adodc data control

i've tried this so far
not working though

Do Until Adodc.Recordset.EOF
If Adodc.Recordset.Fields("BirthDay") = Format(Now, "mm/dd/yyyy") Then
MsgBox "Today is " & Adodc.Recordset.Fields("First_Name") & "BirthDay!!!!", , "Birthdays"
End If
Loop

Is Birthday a date/time field?

In what format are dates stored in this field?

I would do this:

set rs = new adodb.recordset

sql = " SELECT [FIRST NAME] FROM TABLENAME WHERE [BIRTHDATE] = " & "'" & CDATE(DATE) & "'"

rs.Open SQL,CnxnTechSQL, adOpenKeyset, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
if not rs.bof and not rs.eof then
rs.movefirst
msg = ""
do
msg= msg & "Happy Birthday " & rs![[First Name] & "" & vbcrlf
rs.movenext
loop while not rs.eof

msgbox, msg

rs.close
set rs = nothing

i'm getting an error on this line
rs.Open SQL, CnxnTechSQL, adOpenKeyset, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
what does htis do CnxnTechSQL?
anyway the error is
Runtime error 3001
Arguments are of the wrong type ,are out of acceptable range,or are in conflict with one another

cnxntechsql is the database connection name

CnxnTechSQL appears to be a connection object.

To properly define it as such, you would do

VB Code:

Dim CnxnTechSQL As ADODB.Connection
 
Set CnxnTechSQL = ADODB.Connection

Then, you would give the connection object a connection string to your database.

VB Code:

Dim recordbday() as string
Dim todaydate() as string
 
Do Until Adodc.Recordset.EOF
recordbday = Split(adodc.recordset.fields("Birthday"),"/")
todaydate = Split(now,"/")
If recordbday(0) & "/" & recordbday(1) = todaydate(0) & "/" & todaydate(1) Then
MsgBox "Today is " & Adodc.Recordset.Fields("First_Name") & "BirthDay!!!!", , "Birthdays"
End If
Loop

try that..although I didn't test it

This might work also...

VB Code:

Do Until Adodc.Recordset.EOF
    If DateValue(Adodc.Recordset.Fields("BirthDay")) = DateValue(Date) Then
        MsgBox "Today is " & Adodc.Recordset.Fields("First_Name") & "BirthDay!!!!", , "Birthdays"
    End If
Loop

And this too...

VB Code:

SQL = " SELECT [FIRST NAME] FROM TABLENAME WHERE [BIRTHDATE] = " & "'" & DateValue(Date) & "'"