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Old December 30th, 2004, 01:15 AM
closkey
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In a FORM, I can have combo box 1 limit the results in combo box 2, but how
can I do this in a TABLE? For example, I have three tables: "Terminal_Info",
"Die_Info", "Terminal_Setup". In "Terminal_Setup", I have fields:
"ParentPart", "Terminal", "Die". The "Terminal" field has a "row source"
looking at "Terminal_Info". Once the user has selected a "Terminal", I want
the "Die" combo box to only show those records that are related to that
"Terminal". I have tried using the SELECT function, but with no luck. Any
ideas?
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Old December 30th, 2004, 02:14 AM
Duane Hookom
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The accepted professional solution is to never use lookup fields in table
design. Apparently you know how to accomplish the same with forms (where all
data interaction should take place).

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"closkey" wrote in message
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In a FORM, I can have combo box 1 limit the results in combo box 2, but
how
can I do this in a TABLE? For example, I have three tables:
"Terminal_Info",
"Die_Info", "Terminal_Setup". In "Terminal_Setup", I have fields:
"ParentPart", "Terminal", "Die". The "Terminal" field has a "row source"
looking at "Terminal_Info". Once the user has selected a "Terminal", I
want
the "Die" combo box to only show those records that are related to that
"Terminal". I have tried using the SELECT function, but with no luck.
Any
ideas?



 




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