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    MVF vs Lookup Fields vs Multiple Tables [Noob]

    Thanks Minty, Not sure that I was too clear there. Each Speciality has a specific Function, so the Function Table has a one-to-many relationship to the Speciality Table. Then each Contact could have multiple Functions, with multiple specialties attached to each function. Anyway I'll try...
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    MVF vs Lookup Fields vs Multiple Tables [Noob]

    Thanks for the reply Minty, When you say list them all, do you mean list out each Speciality individually as a field on the new table? Then have a True/False value for each? There are about 12 Functions, each with around 10 Specialites, so roughly about 120 fields, is that okay? At the moment...
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    MVF vs Lookup Fields vs Multiple Tables [Noob]

    Thanks for the help. I've read over the article (and a couple of others about Many-to-Many relationships), and I can see how they work in examples like Albums (or Books), where both Artist and albums reference each other: Artist can have multiple Albums, Albums can have multiple Artists, but...
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    MVF vs Lookup Fields vs Multiple Tables [Noob]

    Hi Guys, I'm a pretty novice user of Access. Thought I knew what I was doing until I tried to created a complicated contact database. I'm trying to set up a DB with hundreds of contacts, which I want to be able to sort via two main fields. Functions and Specialisation. 'Functions' is more or...
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    Intro from Ireland

    Hi Guys, I'm Jonathan. Been working with MS Office for years but am new to Access. Despite having a Microsoft Office Specialist qualification in Access, I still find it a little bit :banghead:
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