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VLOOKUP Returning #VALUE! Error When Using Same Formula In Different Cells

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    VLOOKUP Returning #VALUE! Error When Using Same Formula In Different Cells

    I'm using the VLOOKUP function to pull info from a database and I'm getting a #VALUE! error in 2 cells. The same formula is used in about 60 other cells pulling info from different columns in the database and it is returning the correct information. The only difference in these 2 cells is the column index indicator, so I cannot figure out why these specific cells are not working. I even have cells that have this formula embedded with other nested formulas and it still works properly.

    This is the formula from one of the cells that is functioning properly:
    =IF($B$1="","",VLOOKUP($B$1,'Result Database'!A:BM,8,'Result Database'!A:BM))

    This is the formula from one of the 2 cells that is returning the #VALUE! error:
    =IF($B$1="","",VLOOKUP($B$1,'Result Database'!A:BM,2,'Result Database'!A:BM))

    The cells in both locations are formated as "General", so there shouldn't be any formatting incompatibilities.
    I can't for the life of me figure out why these 2 cells aren't working!
    Last edited by sploeger0709; 04-01-2015 at 10:29 AM. Reason: Solved

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