Lawhon, Alan C Contractor/Morgan Research
alan.lawhon at us.army.mil
Thu Sep 11 12:01:51 CDT 2003
John: Maybe I did something wrong, but I changed the clause/phrase (in SQL view) to read as you suggested. (In QBE "Design View" the expression changed to read like this: Record_Select_Flag: False) After running the [revised] query and creating the table, the resulting data type (for the field) is a "Number" data type - NOT a "Yes/No" or "True/False" data type. Close, but no cigar ... (I'll keep trying, but any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated.) Alan C. Lawhon -----Original Message----- From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:44 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] (Simple?) Problem Creating a "Yes/No" [Data Type] Field in a MakeTable Query Can you specify True / false instead of 0? False AS [Record_Select_Flag] INTO <table-name> The quotes around the 0 make it a string which needs a text field. John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Lawhon, Alan C Contractor/Morgan Research Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:35 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] (Simple?) Problem Creating a "Yes/No" [Data Type] Field in a MakeTable Query Susan, Arthur, Rocky, William, Jim, John, Doris, Jim Lawrence, et al: I need help with an (easy?) Access problem - and I just know that somebody on this list knows the answer. I am working on a "Make Table" query which will have to be used (and reused) repeatedly to create the same table from scratch. One of the field cells in this query is created (in the QBE pane) from an expression. The expression is as follows: Record_Select_Flag: "0" The corresponding phrase/clause for this expression (in SQL view) is: "0" AS [Record_Select_Flag] INTO <table-name> Here's my problem. The data type of the field created by this expression is a "Text" field. I would like to create a "Yes/No" checkbox field rather than a "Text" field. (Actually, a "Yes/No" field will work just fine.) Can anyone tell me how to modify the expression to create a "Yes/No" field? I've been searching the Access "Help" library, but so far I haven't found the answer ... Alan C. Lawhon _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com