Sync Columns

I am trying to get the column order in the Design View of a query to match
the order in the Datasheet View. I know how to move columns in each view but
if you move them in Datasheet View, how do you get them synchronized back to
the order in the Design View? Normally, I would move them in the Design View
and the Datasheet View would match. But, if you move them once in the
Datasheet View, then they are out of sync. Any suggestions will be
appreciated.

Hi, David.

I know how to move columns in each view but
if you move them in Datasheet View, how do you get them synchronized back to
the order in the Design View?

This is one of those situations where you've made your bed, and now you have
to lie in it. The datasheet's column order is a set of properties that can
only be manipulated through the GUI environment, and the query's column order
is dictated by the Fields Collection of the QueryDef object. Once these two
column orders don't match, the datasheet column order needs to be manually
moved to its new place.

The alternative is to change the name of the query (say, "qryOld"), open the
query in SQL View, copy the SQL statement, create a new query, paste the SQL
statement into the SQL View pane of the new query, and save the new query
with the original name of the query. Delete the original, renamed, query
("qryOld"). The datasheet's columns will now be in sync with the QueryDef's
columns of this new query.

HTH.
Gunny

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"DavidMCarr" wrote:

I am trying to get the column order in the Design View of a query to match
the order in the Datasheet View. I know how to move columns in each view but
if you move them in Datasheet View, how do you get them synchronized back to
the order in the Design View? Normally, I would move them in the Design View
and the Datasheet View would match. But, if you move them once in the
Datasheet View, then they are out of sync. Any suggestions will be
appreciated.