Runtime error 3464 Data type mismatch in criteria expression

[Pookiemeister]

Dim RST As DAO.Recordset
   Set RST = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT [Item Description]" _
        & " FROM [Inventory Details] WHERE Item = " & Me.txtItem.Value, dbOpenSnapshot)

Me.txtItem.Value is set to short text

 

[welshgasman]

Strings need to be surrounded by single quotes ' unless it contains a single quote, then triple double quotes works, I think?

Date literals with # and in mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd format

Numbers do not need anything

Also for anything other than one item of criteria, I tend to put the the criteria into a string variable and then debug.print it, until correct then also use that in the code.

Added benefit is, if you still cannot see the error, you can copy and paste back here for someone else to spot it.

Edit: Really surpised you do not know this with your number of posts and joining date?