" Is not a valid name. Make sure that it does not include invalid characters or punctuation and that it is not too long. What is wrong?

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Hi! I'm getting the following error with access. From what I could tell with the other formulas in the query, this should work.

" is not a valid name. Make sure that it does not include invalid characters or punctuation and that it is not too long. What is wrong?

I used the template of an existing field to put this one together. I'm looking for it to become an email address.

User Name: [Left(staff.FirstName,20)& (".")&Left(staff.LastName,20)&("@valleycentralschools.org")]

What I have tried:

User Name: [Left(staff.FirstName,20)&(".")&Left(staff.LastName,20)&("@valleycentralschools.org")]

Posted 28-Mar-16 5:30am

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Updated 28-Mar-16 6:36am

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2016-03-28T05:57:00

Solution 1

"is not a valid name" means that your column name is invalid, not the data you are trying to put into it.
Spaces are not valid in column names unless you surround them with square brackets
i.e. [User Name]
Better would be to avoid spaces altogether
e.g. UserName

Posted 28-Mar-16 5:57am

CHill60

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Mar-16 17:51pm

5ed.
—SA

Member 12421205 · Answer 2 · 2016-03-28T06:36:00

Solution 2

Solution Found. Formula should equal: Left([staff.FirstName],20)& (".")&Left([staff.LastName],20)&("@valleycentralschools.org")

I just had incorrect brackets. Thanks for all who looked.

Posted 28-Mar-16 6:36am

Member 12421205

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CHill60 29-Mar-16 5:47am

That would have produced a different error to the one you reported!