Creating Lookup Field Between Two Tables

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Ron Wells

I have a main table with about 5000 records of companies I may want to do
business with. Now I've created another table showing the differences in the
business practices of the companies. I'd like to be able to lookup the
company name and information in table one by ID number rather than retype it
for table two. I know there is a way to create a lookup table in table two
in order to look it up and select the applicable ID number but I've tried
using the Wizard and I'm getting nowhere. HELP! Thanks, Ron
 
You need to create forms based on your table(s) or queries. Then, you use a
combo box which has a wizard that will walk you through the setup.

Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
 
In addition to Duane's advice to do this in a form, let me add, don't do
this in the tables! You'll find a strong consensus in this newsgroup
against the use of the "lookup" data type in tables, for a couple reasons.

First, using it hides the actual value stored and gives you the impression
that the looked up value is being stored.

Second, it encourages you to use the tables directly. Access tables store
data. Access forms display data. Use the forms, Luke!

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Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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