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Duplicating Fields

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Duplicating Fields

I have table A called "order". I have table B called "order items". I would like the "order ID" field on table A to be the exact same number as that which appears on table B as "order ID". This is so that the two items are distictly joined together. I want the field to be autonumber too. HELP! How do I duplicate/copy that fields content?

RE: Duplicating Fields

Hi Elaine,

I am not too sure if you can do this automatically as no link exists between the two tables. Therefore I think you will have to enter all the values in manually. Once all the values are in place you can link the two tables together.

Hope this helps
David

RE: Duplicating Fields

Table B is a subdata sheet to table A. Does that make it any more likely to do what I need it to?

RE: Duplicating Fields

Elaine,

I don't think so, as Access has no way of knowing which orders link to which order item, unless they are currently linked by another field.

Hope this helps
David

 

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