Display all records in form

[didacticone]

hi, i was wondering if someone can help me, i have a form, with an unbound text box and a command button (code below) that searches through the underlying table and filters the results to show only what i searched for. What i would like, is another command button that after i do a search, it shows all of the records in the table again. hopefully that makes sense... any ideas? thanks!

Private Sub Command47_Click()
    Dim strStudentRef As String
    Dim strSearch As String
    Dim strSql As String
  
'Check txtSearch for Null value or Nill Entry first.
  
    If IsNull(Me![acctsearch]) Or (Me![acctsearch]) = "" Then
        MsgBox "Please enter a value!", vbOKOnly, "Invalid Search Criterion!"
        Me![acctsearch].SetFocus
    Exit Sub
End If
'---------------------------------------------------------------
  
'Performs the search using value entered into txtSearch
'and evaluates this against values in Address
  
    DoCmd.ShowAllRecords
                                              'Chr(42)is ascii code for the wildcard symbol
    strSql = "Select * from [Meters] Where Acct Like '" & Chr(42) & Me!acctsearch & Chr(42) & "';"
    Me.RecordSource = strSql

    'If one or more matching records are found, they can be displayed one at a time via the navigation buttons
    If Me.Recordset.RecordCount > 0 Then
        acctsearch.SetFocus
        strSearch = acctsearch.Text

        acctsearch.SetFocus
        strSearch = acctsearch.Text
        MsgBox "Match Found For: " & strSearch
        acctsearch = Null
        
    'If value not found sets focus back to txtSearch and shows msgbox
    Else
        acctsearch.SetFocus
        strSearch = acctsearch
        MsgBox "Match Not Found For: " & strSearch & " - Please Try Again.", _
            , "Invalid Search Criterion!"
            acctsearch.SetFocus
    End If
End Sub

[OldBirdman]

strSql = "Select * from [Meters];" 
    Me.RecordSource = strSql

or, to use only one command button, test for acctsearch = "". Also, when invalid search then lines 37-39 could be

    MsgBox "Match Not Found For: " & strSearch & " - All Records Displayed", _ 
            , "Invalid Search Criterion!" 
    strSql = "Select * from [Meters];" 
    Me.RecordSource = strSql

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[didacticone]

awesome! works great! thanks a lot!