Open the form in design view, click on the combo box, click on the
Properties window icon (toolbar), click on Data tab, and paste this
expression into the Row Source box (overwrite what you see there already):

SELECT [Addressess].* FROM [Addresses] ORDER BY [Addresses].[LastName];


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Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP

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Ken;

The code is being generated by the wizard, before I click the finish
button
, I get the error described. I may have typed it wrong here.

Thanks

"Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote in message
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The SQL statement likely should be this:

SELECT [Addressess].* FROM [Addresses]
ORDER BY [Addresses]].[LastName];


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Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP


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I get an error when I try to create a combo box from the wizard. I am
trying
to use a database template of the Address book and wanted to look up a
person by last name ,adn wanted the vlaue to be looked up when the
drop
down
is released or typed in the combo box. Done that many times. Have
installed
service packs 1,2,3 for office 2000. Any ideas.

see below:

Syntax error in query
expression'[SELECT[Addressess]].[*FROM[Addresses]
ORDER BY [Addresses]].[LastName]'

can't remeber how I used to that manually, any help would be gretly
appreciated.

Thanks

Mo