data in a table

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i have a form with a formula that gives me a date, but that information does
not appear in the table
 
i have a form with a formula that gives me a date, but that information does
not appear in the table

You'll need to provide more information than that to get anyone to
help you. Try spending as much time asking the questoin as you hope
someone will put into answering.

Keven Denen
 
i have a form with a formula that gives me a date, but that information does
not appear in the table

Storing derived data such as this in your table accomplishes
three things: it wastes disk space; it wastes time (almost
any calculation will be MUCH faster than a disk fetch); and
most importantly, it risks data corruption. If one of the
underlying fields is subsequently edited, you will have data
in your table WHICH IS WRONG, and no automatic way to detect
that fact.

Just redo the calculation whenever you need it, either as a
calculated field in a Query or just as you're now doing it -
in the control source of a Form or a Report textbox.
 
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