Need a helping hand to resolve pending problem

[Fandy]

Hi everyone,
Please I have created Access form and set the default view to split. My problem is I want to
set the arrangement of the data in my form to descending order by date (newest to oldest)
so that I can see the latest entries first in the datasheet below. I have tried severally but
none is working. I would therefore be very happy if you could get help from able members
of this platform to resolve the problem. Below is the snapshot of the form.
Counting on your maximum support and response. Thank you.

 

[Minty]

What the SQL of the recordsource.
If it's the table directly, create a query based on it and put Descending in the date field.

 

[Fandy]

How do I make the user enter the data when my form is query base

 

[Gasman]

There is also an OrderBy property on the data tab of forms?

 

[Pat Hartman]

Forms can be bound to queries or tables. Queries are better since they give you more options and can be filtered.

 

[Fandy]

There is also an OrderBy property on the data tab of forms?

Yes. I just saw it but when I set to date, I don't know how to make it descending order

 

[Fandy]

Forms can be bound to queries or tables. Queries are better since they give you more options and can be filtered.

Please how can a user enter data into a form bound by query. Can you please direct me so I try it?

 

[Minty]

On your form where it says Record Source press the three little dots (ellipses )

When it asks you do you want to build a query press yes.
Add all the fields you need from the table.
Under the Date field where it says "Sort" select descending.

Close the query, saying yes if it asks you to save, give it a sensible name qryMyFormSorted.

That's it.

By the way, before you get too far, change the name of the field to PaymentDate or something else. Date is a reserved word, and a function and WILL cause you problems further down the road.

 

[Gasman]

Yes. I just saw it but when I set to date, I don't know how to make it descending order

add the word DESC after a space and your date field.

 

[Pat Hartman]

You don't do anything special. You just bind the Form or Report to either. The query of course, must be updateable if you want the form to be updateable. I build my queries first. That simplies the form/report because I have ordered the columns the way I want them to appear and only selected the ones I want. So, even though the wizard creates ugly results, at least it gets all the controls built for me and then I can make them pretty

Throughout Access, Select queries and tables are interchangeable for most purposes. This is why Access will NEVER allow you to create a query and a table with the same name. You can have a form named Customer as well as a Report and a macro but you can only have EITHER a table or a query with that name. WHY? Because as I said, Access treats these two objects as interchangeable and therefore, they can't have duplicate names or Access couldn't tell what you were referring to.