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I have seen this question for older versions and for use on forms, let me
throw my twist into this. I have a table called student list with lname, first name, grade, student id. I have a second table that records student parking stickers and parking violations called action list. there are linked by a one to many relationship by student id. I created a simple form from studnet list that shows the fields for the action file table below it. My use will enter data directly to the fiedls there not thru a form. (he likes that). My question when I ge to the filed make I would like to select Ford, Chevy etc. then have the Model filed only show the appropriate models. Can I do this directly in the table design mode? I do not want a form or query if possible. Also I assume I will need to creat a new table with make model in it? Thank you hope I am clear. |
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Access is not a spreadsheet.
If your user is entering data directly in the tables, your application has NO control over what s/he can do to the data. If your user is so hung up on spreadsheets, you could create a form that looks like a spreadsheet table, and gain the benefit of all the events and validation you can (only) do via forms. If you wish to provide the kind of cascading comboboxes you are describing, you can ONLY do that via forms... it simply isn't available directly in the table. 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. "tonkaplayer" wrote in message ... I have seen this question for older versions and for use on forms, let me throw my twist into this. I have a table called student list with lname, first name, grade, student id. I have a second table that records student parking stickers and parking violations called action list. there are linked by a one to many relationship by student id. I created a simple form from studnet list that shows the fields for the action file table below it. My use will enter data directly to the fiedls there not thru a form. (he likes that). My question when I ge to the filed make I would like to select Ford, Chevy etc. then have the Model filed only show the appropriate models. Can I do this directly in the table design mode? I do not want a form or query if possible. Also I assume I will need to creat a new table with make model in it? Thank you hope I am clear. |
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:29:02 -0800, tonkaplayer
wrote: Can I do this directly in the table design mode? No. I do not want a form or query if possible. "I have a car, but I do not want to use the transmission or the steering gear if possible, just the engine". Queries are the backbone of any relational database application. Forms are the user interface for working with data. you can use a Datasheet view form, or a continuous form made to look like a datasheet, if your user prefers that look, but Tables simply don't have any usable events for this purpose. They are designed for data storage, not for data interaction. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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