Wortz, Charles
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us
Mon May 12 14:42:26 CDT 2003
Paul, Have you looked into the Unmatched Query Wizard? Charles Wortz Software Development Division Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701-1494 512-463-9493 CWortz at tea.state.tx.us -----Original Message----- From: Paul Black [mailto:pblack at hotmail.com] Sent: Monday 2003 May 12 14:38 To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Quick Update Solution Is there a quicker/better way to append data than the method I currently use: select all records from table 1 move to first record in table 1 loop through every record in table 2 to see if a match occurs on LINK_PT field If there is a match it is skipped. If there is no match then table 1 record is appended to table 2 Move to next record in table 1 and continue loop until .eof I can do it this way but is there another quicker solution. As the tables grow the speed slows. I am using A97 for the app. Thanks Paul