update table in query

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Chuck

I have many queries using a particular - say tbl1. If a new field is added
to the tbl1, is there any way to update all queries dependent on it? It is
a pain to have to go in and remove old-tbl1 and add new-tbl1.

Thanks
Chuck
 
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Brendan Reynolds

Only by using "SELECT * FROM ..." to select all fields in the table, which
is not always desirable. You should not have to remove the table and add it
again in query design view, though, if that is what you mean. You should be
able to open the query in design view and simply double-click the name of
the new field to add it as a new column in the query.

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Chuck

Brendan,

Thanks for the response.
You should be able to open the query in design view and simply
double-click the name of the new field to add it as a new column in the
query.
Click to expand...
That's my problem. Once in a while, when I add a field to a table, and look
at a previous query in Design Mode, the new field is shown. But the
majority of the time, in order to see the new field in a query dependent
upon that table, it is necessary to remove the table from the query and
re-insert it ... or create a new query.

Chuck
 
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