[AccessD] Combo box not displaying 6 numbers

[Rocky Smolin]

The combo box contains case numbers.  The form records calls from a call
center and they are imported from other sources.  The case numbers are
sequential starting at 10000. So if the user enter 1 I don't know yet where
to trim. 12 and I can trim < 12000. 

R

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Dettman
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 5:17 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Combo box not displaying 6 numbers


 That is always the inevitable question<g>

 But I think most end up here because that want the type ahead, which you
don't easily get with using something like a continuous form, and then you
end up with a larger data set than you anticipated over time.  I actually
see this quite often on Experts-Exchange and other places.

 If he wants to keep using the combo, then some type of filtering needs to
be done obviously.   Can be something like Bill suggested, using the
technique that Allen showed, or possibly filter buttons (ie. a phone book
list with 26 filter buttons, one for each letter).  

 You can use a continuous form and a text control to emulate a combo BTW,
it's just that you need to do the all the work for the lookup as you type
functionality.

 Probably better off to filter in some way with a combo.

  One other suggestion on that; if the data set is based on dates at all
(ie. transaction), then I'll often filter with a "Back to" date and default
it to one year.   That usually suffices to keep the data set relatively
small and yet allows the user to go back further if they need to, which
usually doesn't happen all that often.

  Not sure that would work here though because if they want to go back to
the beginning of time, then the combo's not going to handle it once again.
Maybe a To/From date range and a message box when the combo overfills.

Jim. 

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 06:45 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Combo box not displaying 6 numbers

Rocky... I can't help but ask, why are you using combo? Is it really
necessary to present this list in this way? 

Susan H. 


Yes, that would be the work around.   Allen shows that here:

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-32.html

> Well that sucks :/ But probably explains it.  The last number is row
> 65912 which is close enough.
> 
> I once had this situation and I had to write a routine with every key 
> press of the combo box to requery based on what had already been 
> entered.  That was back in Access 97.
> 
> Hope I don't have to do it on this one.  It was a PITA.
> 
> The limit on a combo's rows is 64K (65535).
> 


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