Get Table Field Value from Query

[Guest]

I have a Query call Balance and a Table called Account. The query totals up
3 different values and puts them into a field called Balance. What I want is
the Account Table to pull Balance value from the Query and display it in the
table but I'm not sure how to do that. I tried a DLookup in the default
value of the table field but that did not work.

 

[John Vinson]

I have a Query call Balance and a Table called Account. The query totals up
3 different values and puts them into a field called Balance. What I want is
the Account Table to pull Balance value from the Query and display it in the
table but I'm not sure how to do that. I tried a DLookup in the default
value of the table field but that did not work.

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.

John W. Vinson[MVP]