[AccessD] Dumb one for ya!

William Hindman wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Mon Oct 27 15:15:49 CST 2003


"I don't have time to do it right now" John

...what? ...three minutes at the most and you're DONE! ...you'd rather argue
with her? ...must not be my day :((((

William Hindman
<http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your lifetime?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Clark" <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dumb one for ya!


> I suggested this, but she doesn't get it...and I don't have time to do
> it right now. So, if I can just give her a quick answer for now, and
> then dodge her for a few days, I'll be good to go.
>
> However, my headache has started to ease, and with it I have gained
> some clarity. I am realizing how stupid my approach was--even if I could
> find the proper syntax to reference the table, it still won't work. I
> think I'll just have to be mean and tell her she is doing it wrong, and
> that I can help her re-work it, but she will have to wait a few days.
>
>
> >>> wdhindman at bellsouth.net 10/27/03 03:33PM >>>
> ...why not change the form source to a query based on both tables?
>
> William Hindman
> <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your
> lifetime?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Clark" <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:19 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] Dumb one for ya!
>
>
> > I am trying to help someone with their DB...I don't even know why
> they
> > are doing one, because it is the secretary and not a programmer...I
> know
> > this because I am the only one (sort of). In any event, I am running
> > really behind on another project...as usual...and just want this one
> to
> > 'go away' for the moment. Which leads me to my stupid question.....
> >
> > She wants to bring a balance over from one table into a form that
> uses
> > another table as its source. How do I reference the field? Simple
> > right?
> >
> > I have tried :
> >
> > StartBal = Tables![AcctBalances]![AcctBal]
> >
> > and it 'does not recognize the field 'Tables'.  Keep in mind that my
> > head is throbbing at the moment, and I have a night of overtime
> planned.
> > Please tell me that I don't have to go through the whole rigamaroll
> of
> > declaring the Database and Tabledefs.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!!
> >
> > John W Clark
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