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Wendy
I have a new database I'm creating for my fiance`s office to track the
patient charts for easier lookup.
The one field I'm having trouble with is Patient Record Number. I want the
ability to have them enter a base number an a decimal to differentiate
records belonging to the same patient. This is solely for billing
purposes. The record is extremely simplistic. I have defined the Patient
Number as Number, Long Integer, Auto Decimal (tried 1 or 2), General (tried
Fixed).
If a patient is treated within the same billing period (mind you, this is a
special billing requirement where a county agency actually pays the bill and
I'm merely trying to automate the process for the office manager rather than
her holding out patient files each month until the bill is sent and paid), I
want them to add a new patient record using the base patient # and add a
".1", ".2", etc. So, there could be 2-3 records for the same patient
L/FName:
15113 Doe Jane 09/01/04
15113.1 Doe Jane 09/20/04 etc.
BUT the field keeps reducing the number to only the 15113. The only success
I have had is to change the Data Type from Number to Text, which is ok, but
seems like I should not have to go that route.
How can I get it to display the actual number as entered in the table, in
search results, forms, etc.??
I think this is the last little glitch I need to solve and they will be in
100% productive use of my lil creation. pat pat pat
Thanks again in advance. The help received from this newsgroup thus far has
been great, and quite timely.
patient charts for easier lookup.
The one field I'm having trouble with is Patient Record Number. I want the
ability to have them enter a base number an a decimal to differentiate
records belonging to the same patient. This is solely for billing
purposes. The record is extremely simplistic. I have defined the Patient
Number as Number, Long Integer, Auto Decimal (tried 1 or 2), General (tried
Fixed).
If a patient is treated within the same billing period (mind you, this is a
special billing requirement where a county agency actually pays the bill and
I'm merely trying to automate the process for the office manager rather than
her holding out patient files each month until the bill is sent and paid), I
want them to add a new patient record using the base patient # and add a
".1", ".2", etc. So, there could be 2-3 records for the same patient
L/FName:
15113 Doe Jane 09/01/04
15113.1 Doe Jane 09/20/04 etc.
BUT the field keeps reducing the number to only the 15113. The only success
I have had is to change the Data Type from Number to Text, which is ok, but
seems like I should not have to go that route.
How can I get it to display the actual number as entered in the table, in
search results, forms, etc.??
I think this is the last little glitch I need to solve and they will be in
100% productive use of my lil creation. pat pat pat
Thanks again in advance. The help received from this newsgroup thus far has
been great, and quite timely.