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    getting query value from a form, how?

    :confused: erm, what's a "bound column"? -------------- :eek: AH I get it !! The combo was returning a value that was hidden in the drop-down, the ID field.
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    getting query value from a form, how?

    I've used the expression builder to get the value of a criterium from a form. The problem is that it always returns no records when I run the query via a report which is itself opened by a button on the form. there is a small amount of test data present. If I open the report directly (with the...
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    relationships! going in circles

    Interesting idea but it's one that will be difficult to gather data. When I get home I can remember which towns & villages I rode through, but not what time of day I arrived at each. However if I were to list a succession of villages on each ride I could develop the system later by adding in...
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    relationships! going in circles

    I'm confiused now, Dave UK told me to delete tblWaypoints. I'd be less confused if someone could explain the reason for such pieces of advice.
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    relationships! going in circles

    none the wiser I did that, and it will only allow me to do a one-to-one relationship, but isn't that wrong because one ride can have any number of visited waypoints. In fact some rides will need a placename twice, on the way out and coming back home. I thought it would need a one-to-many? Is...
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    relationships! going in circles

    I just don't get it. I want to make related databases but it rarely works. I have a simple database to log cycle rides. the idea is that I go cycling once a day, sometimes I pass through lots of villages, sometimes only a few. I want to be able to set up a form to enter new rides, and use a...
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