[AccessD] Framework Discussion - set up question

Sounds like this is ground that has been tilled already, but I must have
missed the discussion.  

At the risk of incurring the wrath of the "real" developers on the list,
I'm keen to learn the specific objections to the use of this feature.
I'm not saying that I use it . . .  OK, I DO use it, but I'm not SAYING
that.  ;o)

If there's a thread in the archives that I can browse, I'm happy to seek
my answers there (a quick search on "lookup tab" and "table lookup"
yielded goose-egg.)  Otherwise, I (and perhaps others) would welcome a
few "civil comments" on the topic.

<ducking and running . . .>

Don McG

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:03 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Framework Discussion - set up question


No. :) I'm talking about the built-in lookup field feature that lets you
display a related value from another table. Open a table in Design view
and
click the Lookup tab in the Properties pane. 

Developers soundly trash them, but I find them rather cool -- and if
abused,
is that Access's fault? ;) I'm mostly in favor of anything that makes
Access
more available to the average user -- it IS a desktop application after
all.


No, I don't use them, and I often have to "undo" them in Northwind when
I'm
using that db in an article example, but I can see why users would like
and
use them. 

Here we goooooooooooooooooooo! ;) 

Susan H. 

Susan,
I've seen people joke about this before and I've just assumed I knew
what
they were referring to ("hard coded" delimited lists that are not stored
in
a table).

Is this a correct assumption?


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