The value you entered isn't valid for this field

[JeffAccess]

Can anyone tell me what is the Checklist to follow when troubleshooting this?

I have a combo box called "Rated Capacity" for machinery which lists the capacity weight of the machine. We've been getting clients complaining that they don't like to see 0 kg on their certificates. So I went to table and query and changed the "Rated Capacity" from Number to text field so it will allow me to enter the letters. So I put in "None" in the field.
When I go to form and select None from the Rated Capacity combo box, it gives me the error message "The value you entered isn't valid for this field". Hence why I ask what did I overlook?
Again, Thanks in advance!
Jeff

 

[CJ_London]

What is the rowsource for your combobox? and is the control source for your combobox definitely a text field?

Hope you aren't using lookups in your table design for this field - if so that is probably where your problem lies - remove the lookup from your table design and you will see the data as it really is

 

[JeffAccess]

What is the rowsource for your combobox? and is the control source for your combobox definitely a text field?

Hope you aren't using lookups in your table design for this field - if so that is probably where your problem lies - remove the lookup from your table design and you will see the data as it really is

Can't believe the lookup was giving me the hassle!!!
Problem sorted when I removed it, now it works and it appears on the certificate exactly the way I need it to.
Thanks a million

 

[pr2-eugin]

Just a small read: The Evils of Lookup Fields in Tables

 

[JeffAccess]

Hi pr2-eugin!
That was an interesting read. Well, I'm actually gonna avoid them a bit more in future...

Besides, thanks for the great website, definitely saving the address to read up a bit more on it!!