Why is combo box is changing values in table?

[G.]

I have a simple table - 1 field (text data type) with 5 rows. I make a new
form and add a combo box bound to the field. I save the form and select one
of the 5 choices.

If I then close the form and open the table that the combo box is based on
the entries in the 5 rows change. The first entry is gone and replaced by
whatever the selection was in the combo box when I closed the form. Before
the creation of the form rows in the table were say A,B,C,D,E. After combo
box creation (let's say I closed the form with a selection of D in the combo)
the table now has Rows of D,B,C,D,E. I've been working for hrs. trying to
resolve this to no avail.

One thing I tried that may give insight is to create a query with the same
info. as the table. However, when binding a combo box on that query, I get
the 5 selections but the form just beeps at me when I try to select one of
the items. It does not let me select anything.

Any help with what is going on is very very appreciated.

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have a simple table - 1 field (text data type) with 5 rows. I make a new
form and add a combo box bound to the field. I save the form and select one
of the 5 choices.

If I then close the form and open the table that the combo box is based on
the entries in the 5 rows change. The first entry is gone and replaced by
whatever the selection was in the combo box when I closed the form. Before
the creation of the form rows in the table were say A,B,C,D,E. After combo
box creation (let's say I closed the form with a selection of D in the combo)
the table now has Rows of D,B,C,D,E. I've been working for hrs. trying to
resolve this to no avail.

One thing I tried that may give insight is to create a query with the same
info. as the table. However, when binding a combo box on that query, I get
the 5 selections but the form just beeps at me when I try to select one of
the items. It does not let me select anything.

Any help with what is going on is very very appreciated.

That's exactly what a combo box is designed to do: to allow you to select a
value (from the combo's Row Source, usually a query) and store that value into
a field in the table (the combo's Control Source). This is why combo boxes are
useful in updating data!

If you want to use the combo for *some other purpose*, such as selecting which
record to see, leave its Control Source property blank.

A query won't help because either the query isn't updateable (as yours
apparently wasn't), or because updating the query is simply a way to update
the table. The data in the query has no independent existance.

 

[John W. Vinson]

.is it possible to edit multiple
values based on the value selected in the combo box?

No, but you can use the value in the combo box as a criterion in an Update
Query. BUT!!! - Why would you want to select ONE record and have an edit on
it affect MANY records?