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I seem to be running out of luck since this is a new table that is not linked
with other tables. The only other thing I can mention is that the data is exported from another software program into this table. But the fields are all set up as text fields, or date/time field. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: And, as Rick Brandt notes in a separate thread, the table must be a local table. If it's a linked table, then you'll see just the "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" choices, no matter what type the field is. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote in message ... The "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" are the only choices for a memo field. To get the actual values to show in the dropdown list, the field must be a number or text (= 255 characters long) or date or other field type (just cannot be memo). -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... If you click Filter by Form, and then click into any of the fields, there is a drop down arrow allowing you to view the values as options with which to filter the data. However, the new table I created only shows IS NULL, IS NOT NULL as the two options in the drop down list. The values within that field are not showing. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: Perhaps we are not understanding your terminology... what do you mean by "pull-down list" in a table? -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... I know that I can enter the text directly so as for the other posting about my problem, that didn't help. As for this response, I am not trying to use it as a tool only in that there is another table that I access that allows me to pull-down the menus, so why isn't this one allowing me to do that as well? Just trying to duplicate so that 50 people don't scream at me why they can't do something they've been doing for months and months now. Any other help greatly appreciated. If a query is better than I understand that. BUT if I can understand how the pull-down lists get set up, then I can explain why its better to use a query. "Rick B" wrote: Well, you should not be using the tables as an end-user tool. If you want to filter data from a table, build a query. That is what they are for. Rick B "Donna" wrote in message ... I have a table within a database that I want to filter. However, when I choose Filter/Filter by Form and click the drop down menus in the fields I want to use in the filter, the only options are IS NULL or IS NOT NULL. EXCEPT for only one of the fields which gives me a list of the options that match the values in that field. How do I set up my table so that I can filter for data in ANY of the fields? |
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Linking does not mean "linked with other tables". Linking means that the
table is in a different ACCESS file, and you're gaining access to the data through an ACCESS database file that links to that different ACCESS file. Go to the database window for the file that you're using to try to do this filtering. Next to the table name (the table that you're trying to filter), is there a right-pointing black arrow? If yes, then the table is a linked table -- meaning that your database file is linked to the table, and that the table is not physically located within the database file that you have open. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... I seem to be running out of luck since this is a new table that is not linked with other tables. The only other thing I can mention is that the data is exported from another software program into this table. But the fields are all set up as text fields, or date/time field. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: And, as Rick Brandt notes in a separate thread, the table must be a local table. If it's a linked table, then you'll see just the "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" choices, no matter what type the field is. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote in message ... The "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" are the only choices for a memo field. To get the actual values to show in the dropdown list, the field must be a number or text (= 255 characters long) or date or other field type (just cannot be memo). -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... If you click Filter by Form, and then click into any of the fields, there is a drop down arrow allowing you to view the values as options with which to filter the data. However, the new table I created only shows IS NULL, IS NOT NULL as the two options in the drop down list. The values within that field are not showing. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: Perhaps we are not understanding your terminology... what do you mean by "pull-down list" in a table? -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... I know that I can enter the text directly so as for the other posting about my problem, that didn't help. As for this response, I am not trying to use it as a tool only in that there is another table that I access that allows me to pull-down the menus, so why isn't this one allowing me to do that as well? Just trying to duplicate so that 50 people don't scream at me why they can't do something they've been doing for months and months now. Any other help greatly appreciated. If a query is better than I understand that. BUT if I can understand how the pull-down lists get set up, then I can explain why its better to use a query. "Rick B" wrote: Well, you should not be using the tables as an end-user tool. If you want to filter data from a table, build a query. That is what they are for. Rick B "Donna" wrote in message ... I have a table within a database that I want to filter. However, when I choose Filter/Filter by Form and click the drop down menus in the fields I want to use in the filter, the only options are IS NULL or IS NOT NULL. EXCEPT for only one of the fields which gives me a list of the options that match the values in that field. How do I set up my table so that I can filter for data in ANY of the fields? |
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The table is not linked. I believe I figured out how to get the values
however. When you said the fields needed to be text, date, etc. (OTHER than Memo) I looked at the other options in the type of field I could apply. At the bottom of the list was a Lookup Wizard option. Upon going through the Lookup Wizard I realized I could create other tables that could hold many of the values that could be options in each field for filtering. Some of these tables are already created if not all of them, so the previous table must have been created using the same Lookup Wizard. When the Lookup Wizard is opted, there is no indication in the Design View that is was used as part of the design. Hope that helps anyone else attempting to do the same thing. And I hope that truly is my answer to my problem. Just thought I'd share what I found. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: Linking does not mean "linked with other tables". Linking means that the table is in a different ACCESS file, and you're gaining access to the data through an ACCESS database file that links to that different ACCESS file. Go to the database window for the file that you're using to try to do this filtering. Next to the table name (the table that you're trying to filter), is there a right-pointing black arrow? If yes, then the table is a linked table -- meaning that your database file is linked to the table, and that the table is not physically located within the database file that you have open. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... I seem to be running out of luck since this is a new table that is not linked with other tables. The only other thing I can mention is that the data is exported from another software program into this table. But the fields are all set up as text fields, or date/time field. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: And, as Rick Brandt notes in a separate thread, the table must be a local table. If it's a linked table, then you'll see just the "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" choices, no matter what type the field is. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote in message ... The "Is Null" / "Is Not Null" are the only choices for a memo field. To get the actual values to show in the dropdown list, the field must be a number or text (= 255 characters long) or date or other field type (just cannot be memo). -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... If you click Filter by Form, and then click into any of the fields, there is a drop down arrow allowing you to view the values as options with which to filter the data. However, the new table I created only shows IS NULL, IS NOT NULL as the two options in the drop down list. The values within that field are not showing. "Ken Snell [MVP]" wrote: Perhaps we are not understanding your terminology... what do you mean by "pull-down list" in a table? -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP "Donna" wrote in message ... I know that I can enter the text directly so as for the other posting about my problem, that didn't help. As for this response, I am not trying to use it as a tool only in that there is another table that I access that allows me to pull-down the menus, so why isn't this one allowing me to do that as well? Just trying to duplicate so that 50 people don't scream at me why they can't do something they've been doing for months and months now. Any other help greatly appreciated. If a query is better than I understand that. BUT if I can understand how the pull-down lists get set up, then I can explain why its better to use a query. "Rick B" wrote: Well, you should not be using the tables as an end-user tool. If you want to filter data from a table, build a query. That is what they are for. Rick B "Donna" wrote in message ... I have a table within a database that I want to filter. However, when I choose Filter/Filter by Form and click the drop down menus in the fields I want to use in the filter, the only options are IS NULL or IS NOT NULL. EXCEPT for only one of the fields which gives me a list of the options that match the values in that field. How do I set up my table so that I can filter for data in ANY of the fields? |
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