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  #1  
Old April 1st, 2010, 11:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.

  #2  
Old April 1st, 2010, 11:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Jeff Boyce
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Posts: 8,621
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



  #3  
Old April 5th, 2010, 09:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Jeff Boyce,

Thanks very much. I think I understand, and it's just what I was looking
for. If I understand what an output field is, which i believe I do.

Don.

"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



.

  #4  
Old April 6th, 2010, 10:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



.

  #5  
Old April 6th, 2010, 10:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Jeff Boyce
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Posts: 8,621
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



.



  #6  
Old April 6th, 2010, 11:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Jeff Boyce,

I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes
of course.

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last,
Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List
A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



.



.

  #7  
Old April 7th, 2010, 12:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Jeff Boyce
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Posts: 8,621
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

If you don't include the most recent changes, it's going to be tough
spotting what might not be working correctly...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes
of course.

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last,
Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee
List
A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List
A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement
of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " "
&
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services
mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service
herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with
no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in
message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or
a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to
print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?)
so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place
the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in
a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



.



.



  #8  
Old April 7th, 2010, 12:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
John Spencer
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Posts: 7,815
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First
, [Employee List A].Employee_Last
, [Employee_First] & " " & [Employee_Last] as FullName
, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1
, [Employee List A].Part_Full
, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth
, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

PlarfySoober wrote:
Jeff Boyce,

I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes
of course.

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last,
Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List
A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.


.


.

  #9  
Old April 7th, 2010, 09:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

John Spencer,

Simple when you see it done.

Thanks, the solution works perfectly, and delivers the results I want. Life
is good.

Don.

"John Spencer" wrote:

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First
, [Employee List A].Employee_Last
, [Employee_First] & " " & [Employee_Last] as FullName
, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1
, [Employee List A].Part_Full
, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth
, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

PlarfySoober wrote:
Jeff Boyce,

I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes
of course.

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last,
Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List
A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " &
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.


.


.

.

  #10  
Old April 7th, 2010, 09:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
PlarfySoober
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Posts: 68
Default Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field

Jeff Boyce,

Thanks for sticking with this. The solution is now clear.

Don.

"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

If you don't include the most recent changes, it's going to be tough
spotting what might not be working correctly...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes
of course.

SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last,
Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee
List
A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2
FROM [Employee List A]
WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List
A].Part_Full)="F")
AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null));

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement
of
that query.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in message
...
Jeff Boyce,

Seems I don't understand after all.

I tried to create a new field:

Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName]
Table: Employee List A
Sort:
Show: (v)
Criteria:

But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to
put
the text you suggested, or how.

Thanks again for following up.

Don.


"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like
this.
Instead, use a query.

You could:

* create a new query in design view
* add the table(s) that has these fields
* create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " "
&
[LName]

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

--
Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services
mentioned
in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service
herein
does not constitute endorsement thereof.

Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with
no
guarantee as to suitability.

You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer
possible/necessary.

"PlarfySoober" wrote in
message
...
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or
a
query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to
print
it
for
my notes.

Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?)
so
that
when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place
the
elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine.

Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in
a
query, and I promise to print it.

TYIA.

Don.



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