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Merging two fields into one?
Il give you an example of what I want to do - will explain it much easier.
I want to merge two fields from the same table which is about some people. How do I merge one field from the table (such as their firstname) with another (such as surname) to make it look like one field in a database form? |
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Merging two fields into one?
SilverSword,
You can use concatenation to combine two (or more) text values. This is not done in your table, but on a form, or in a query, or on a report. On a form, based on your names table, or a query against that table, place a text control with a ControlSource of... = FirstName & " " & SurName Given FirstName = "John" and SurName = "Smith"... the above would display as... "John Smith" -- hth Al Campagna Microsoft Access MVP 2006-2009 http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html "Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life." "SilverSword" wrote in message ... Il give you an example of what I want to do - will explain it much easier. I want to merge two fields from the same table which is about some people. How do I merge one field from the table (such as their firstname) with another (such as surname) to make it look like one field in a database form? |
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Merging two fields into one?
That might be a problem if you are intending to allow the user to update the
names. In that case, you would need separate controls bound to each table column, unless you want to parse and separate the names out before updating the row. -- Dorian "Give someone a fish and they eat for a day; teach someone to fish and they eat for a lifetime". "Al Campagna" wrote: SilverSword, You can use concatenation to combine two (or more) text values. This is not done in your table, but on a form, or in a query, or on a report. On a form, based on your names table, or a query against that table, place a text control with a ControlSource of... = FirstName & " " & SurName Given FirstName = "John" and SurName = "Smith"... the above would display as... "John Smith" -- hth Al Campagna Microsoft Access MVP 2006-2009 http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html "Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life." "SilverSword" wrote in message ... Il give you an example of what I want to do - will explain it much easier. I want to merge two fields from the same table which is about some people. How do I merge one field from the table (such as their firstname) with another (such as surname) to make it look like one field in a database form? . |
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Merging two fields into one?
As Al points out, you are better off, in the long run, in keeping two
separate facts in two separate fields. If you need to have the values in the two fields DISPLAYED as one, all points out that you can use a query to concatenate them. What Access stores and what you have it display does not need to be identical. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "SilverSword" wrote in message ... Il give you an example of what I want to do - will explain it much easier. I want to merge two fields from the same table which is about some people. How do I merge one field from the table (such as their firstname) with another (such as surname) to make it look like one field in a database form? |
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