I have a table with a particular field storing the names of authors.
When I enter a new record I'd like to have a list of the existing
entries come up from which one may choose. It is also important that
the user be able to enter a new author's name. Any list I've been able
to generate so far lists the contents of that field but shows every
record rather than just the unique names. In other words: If "Smith"
appears in that field for 12 of the records, I get "Smith" appearing in
12 lines of the list.
I know this may be done with a related table with the author's name
being unique in that table but is there a way around that without using
a Value List (which wouuld have to be manually updated)?
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Feel free to post and eMail me, as
well.
Thanks!
Barry
When I enter a new record I'd like to have a list of the existing
entries come up from which one may choose. It is also important that
the user be able to enter a new author's name. Any list I've been able
to generate so far lists the contents of that field but shows every
record rather than just the unique names. In other words: If "Smith"
appears in that field for 12 of the records, I get "Smith" appearing in
12 lines of the list.
I know this may be done with a related table with the author's name
being unique in that table but is there a way around that without using
a Value List (which wouuld have to be manually updated)?
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Feel free to post and eMail me, as
well.
Thanks!
Barry
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