Combine text values from many records into a single textbox

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skoalnreds

Is this possible in Access? I have done it in VFP but cannot figure
it out in Access:

I have a display-only form with various controls that reads in values
from several tables. There is also a "Notes" textbox that I would
like to populate by combining all notes records related to a
particular Item_ID and displaying them in one textbox (again for
display purposes only):

Tables are set up like this:
Item_Master has an item_id field (et al).

ProdNotesXref is a cross reference table and has an Item_id field and
a Note_id field. There are instances where a single item_id appears
in multiple rows, each pointng to a different note_id field.

ProdNotes has a Note_id field and the actual memo field with the
Notes.

ITEM_MASTER:
Item_id
001
<etc>

PRODNOTESXREF:
Item_id Note_id
001 178
001 224
001 316
002 178
002 076
003 316
003 271
<etc>

PRODNOTES:
Note_id Note
178 Item was made in Canary, Blue and Amber in 1925.
<...>
224 Was sold as a set with item #099.
<...>
316 Mold was sold to another company, who re-
released the item.
<...>

So the end result in the read-only text box would be the three lines
of notes in prodnotes whose note_id is associated with the item_id in
the xref table.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
 
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skoalnreds

Here are links (url) to three examples on concatenating a field from multiple
records into one field in one record of a query

Duane Hookomhttp://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16

Allen Brownehttp://allenbrowne.com/func-concat.html

The Access Webhttp://www.mvps.org/access/modules/mdl0004.htm

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











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Perfect. Just what I was looking for...thank you!
 

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