awake2424
05-08-2008, 10:57 AM
Is there a way in an access 2003 table to have a ID field that if matched will autofill specified other fields? For an example please see the attachment, thank you in advance.
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View Full Version : table autofill awake2424 05-08-2008, 10:57 AM Is there a way in an access 2003 table to have a ID field that if matched will autofill specified other fields? For an example please see the attachment, thank you in advance. wazz 05-08-2008, 11:40 AM - table id's (primary keys) must be unique; if it's a foreign key you don't need the other info, it already exists in another table; - if the id is autonumber then you can't enter the id anyway. boblarson 05-08-2008, 11:57 AM Plus, you don't store anything but the foreign key for the record (Normalized) so you don't need to autofill anything except the foreign key and that can happen if you use a mainform/subform with the appropriate Master/Child Links set. neileg 05-09-2008, 02:38 AM I agree with the other posters. You may want to autofill a form so that all the data is visible to the user, but you don't duplicate the data. You need to base your form on a query that joins the two tables together. |