Have some problems with a Purchase Order (PO) System I'm trying to do.

Figure 1 is the PO entry form. The upper part of the form shows the Header, while the bottom part shows the Line, containing all the ordered item details.

I separated the information keyed in into 2 tables, namely Header table (Figure 2) and Line table (Figure 3). The header table shows only the header details. With the order ID, the header is linked to the Line table where all the ordered items detail can be found.

I want to join the 2 tables and put the data into a new table, which will later be exported to text/spreadsheet for other purposes. I know it can be done using the make-table query. But my concern is about the layout/format of the table.

I would want to put my data where there's one header row followed by the corresponding line rows. Then another new header row with its line rows. I'll give an example:

H XXX XXXXXXXX XX X
L XXXXX XXX XX
L XXXXX XXX XX
L XXXXX XXX XX
H XXX XXXXXXXX XX X
L XXXXX XXX XX
L XXXXX XXX XX
L XXXXX XXX XX
L XXXXX XXX XX

Note that not all the fields for Header row and Line rows are the same. So can I put different data into the same column?

Would appreciate it if anyone could solve my problems. Thanks. ;)

There is no built in tool that will allow you to do this. Relational database rules specify that each column contains the same type of data in EVERY row. So the idea of putting different attributes in different rows won't fly. You are confusing Access with a Spreadsheet. They are very different animals.

If you are so inclined, you can write VBA code to write a text file formatted any way you wish.