Auto complete a field with a value from another table

[Adrian B]

Hi

I've got two tables with a One-to-Many relationship. In the Many table there
is a column/field which I want to automatically update based on the PK of the
One table.

Is there a way that I can ask the field to check for the latest PK field in
the One table and insert it into itself every time a record is generated in
that table?

Thanks

Adrian

 

[Jeff Boyce]

That's how the main-form/subform design is set up. When you add a new
record to the subform, the main-form's underlying table's PK is inserted in
the subform's underlying table's FK field.

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Jeff Boyce
www.InformationFutures.net

Microsoft Office/Access MVP


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[Adrian B]

Thanks for the response. I've looked further into the problem and it really
is that I can't have a relationship between the tables or the form system
won't Insert properly.

So I need to create a simulated FK field based on the most recent/last
inserted value into a field in a different table.

Thanks

Adrian