"Box666" wrote in message
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ch ref no is unique - so no duplicates. The 2nd column is text only ax 20
char.

No problem. The RefNo field would be the primary key. You could easily
make a form, bound to the table, in which you key the refno you're looking
for into an unbound text box, and then code in the text box's AfterUpdate
event that locates the record that corresponds to the refno the user entered
in the text box. Code would look something like this:

'------ start of example code ------
Private Sub txtFindRefNo_AfterUpdate()

If IsNull(Me.txtFindRefno) Then

With Me.RecordsetClone
.FindFirst "RefNo = " & Me.txtFindRefNo
If .NoMatch Then
MsgBox "RefNo " & Me.txtRefNo & " was not found."
Else
Me.Bookmark = .Bookmark
End If
End With

End If

End Sub
'------ end of example code ------


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