Changing table field row source

[admin]

I added a table to my Access 02 back end and now want use it as a look
up for an existing table. Since I need to update all my users
backends, I need to do it via vb.

Existing tables:

tblAircraft
AircraftID
AircraftType
Engine - Lookup : combobox, value list, "piston, jet, turboprop"

tblEngines
EngineID
Engine

I want to change tblAircraft.Engine row source type from value list to
table/query and add the sql statement to row source.

If it can't be done via vb, if I change the input form to look up the
engine table will that over ride the value list? I'd still have to
modify the Limit to List.

Thanks for the help.

Mark

 

[admin]

It is not elegant, but I fixed it by brute force. Added EngineID
field, ran update sql to fill in the fields then deleted Engine field.

 

[Jeff Boyce]

It sounds like you are trying to use a lookup data type field in a table.
This can cause you (and your users) considerable confusion. Lookups are
great, but they work much better in forms than in tables.

By the way, when you say "update all my users backends", the implication is
that you have multiple users, and that each user has a separate copy of the
backend (the data store). A common multi-user design has a SINGLE backend
and multiple copies of the frontend, one on each user's PC.

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Regards

Jeff Boyce
www.InformationFutures.net

Microsoft Office/Access MVP


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