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17560
For Access, I often use a "combo box" to make a drop-down list of entry choices. Things like "yes, no, up, down, always, never." In Excel, I know there is a...
Bob
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May 1, 2005
4:18 pm
17561
First of all select the column or cells that you would like the drop down to be located; such as column 'B'. Then click 'data', then 'validation', then select...
Travis R. Simons
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May 1, 2005
4:34 pm
17562
That's it!!!!! Tried it, and it does exactly what I was trying to set up. Thank You! Bob ... drop ... separated by ... list, but...
Bob
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May 1, 2005
10:30 pm
17563
I am going to develop a Banking Solution for very small branches of a Bank. The branches are standalone and no remote transactions will be made i.e. only the...
Mohammad Abdullah Zub...
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May 2, 2005
8:46 am
17564
M.A.- In my opinion, you should never use an Access mdb file for a "mission critical" application. It is impossible to secure and is too easily corrupted when...
John Viescas
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May 2, 2005
12:46 pm
17565
... Travis, I have tried numerous types of reformatting of these cells using the format function -- but it ignors anything I select. For instance, in your...
eileenh7
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May 2, 2005
4:53 pm
17566
Can you send me an example? ... From: ms_access@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ms_access@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of eileenh7 Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:53 AM ...
Travis Simons
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May 2, 2005
5:08 pm
17567
In the Control Toolbar there are ActiveX controls that you can use. I would not suggest using very many of these directly in your spreadsheet, although what...
Crosier, Dawn
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May 2, 2005
5:59 pm
17568
I'm using the below code to all my apps but how come suddenly I'm getting this error? Run-time error '3270': Property cannot found. TIA, George ... Option...
George Oro
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May 3, 2005
1:48 pm
17569
George- Open the VB Editor and choose Options from the Tools menu. Make sure you have NOT chosen the option to "Break on All Errors" on the General tab. You ...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
1:57 pm
17570
Hi, Can someone help me figure out if its possible to merge two tables together into one while maintaining existing data? For example, Table A has fields X & Y...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
2:03 pm
17571
Greg- Please explain what you mean by "there are duplicates." Do you want to eliminate the duplicates? Also are there rows in Table A or Table B that do not...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
3:18 pm
17572
I have two tables. One master, and one that is a subset of that master. They don't have exactly the same fields. However, the key fields in each table are...
Mike Haff
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May 3, 2005
3:27 pm
17573
Michael- By "delete fields" do you mean "delete rows?" If so, do this: DELETE DISTINCTROW tblMaster.* FROM tblMaster INNER JOIN tblSubset ON tblMaster.[Tag...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
3:51 pm
17574
Hi John, Thanks so much for the help. Yes the two tables have duplicate data, but not in every field. There are field differences in the two tables and I am...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
4:51 pm
17575
Greg- Does either table have a Primary Key? Field Y? John Viescas, author "Building Microsoft Access Applications" "Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out" ...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
5:13 pm
17576
No, there is no primary key in either table, just some common fields to both tables. Greg ... Table ... you...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
6:12 pm
17577
I'm sorry John, yes there is a field in both tables called "ID" in Autonumber format that is set as primary key. Greg ... to ... you ... for ... with...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
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17578
Good Afternoon I like to to Choose List Box in Query For Criteria ? How I can Choose when it ask me "Enter Parameter Value" I like to have drop down box. ...
fax5today
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May 3, 2005
6:48 pm
17579
Greg- Maybe we need to get down to brass tacks. What is the business problem you're trying to solve? What is the actual contents of these two tables, and why...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
7:01 pm
17580
Ah, but the common field is "Y", and it isn't necessarily unique? Please see my earlier response and answer the questions I posed there. John Viescas, author ...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
7:03 pm
17581
In reality there are many "Y"'s, multiple fields that are common to both tables. Then in the case of the fields that are not in the one we're importing to we...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
7:32 pm
17582
Greg- You still haven't told me what's *really* in these tables. You have implied that the rows match on "Y" values, but now you tell me there are multiple ...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
7:40 pm
17583
John, Here are the actual tables & fields. The ones with ASTERISK are common fields to both. What we want is to bring data from TblDowngrades inot SANDER...
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
8:07 pm
17584
Sorry, I started to use asterisks but changed to the numerical matching as I indicated....
Greg Saucier
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May 3, 2005
8:23 pm
17585
Greg- How do I match a row from tblDownGrades with Sander? On ID? On Date/Shift/Thick/Width/Length/CSPCS, etc? If the match is on ID, which set of the nine...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
9:51 pm
17586
I have been linking pdf files to a table and having no problem. I am using the ole object. Now I keep getting an error message of invalid argument, will not...
schuh_ramos
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May 3, 2005
9:59 pm
17587
Well, an mdb file cannot exceed 2 gigabytes - so it looks like that is your problem. Have you tried compacting the database? You might find it best to store a...
John Viescas
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May 3, 2005
10:07 pm
17588
Dear Greg, From the details furnished by you, I presume that you are trying append the data from one table to another which has duplicate data. There is a...
Krishnadas Rai
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May 4, 2005
4:34 am
17589
Oopps... Thanks a lot John. cheers, George ... From: ms_access@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ms_access@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of John Viescas Sent: Tuesday, May...
George Oro
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