how do I delete the message "enter perimeter value"?
Correct the error in your query.
I'm sure it's asking "Enter parameter value" (rather than perimiter), and it's
likely doing so because you have some expression in the query in brackets
which Access doesn't recognize as a field. Perhaps you have a misspelled
fieldname.
Could you open your query in SQL view and post the SQL here? The full text of
the error message would help too.
John W. Vinson [MVP]