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    #16
    Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

    The issue is your set design.

    County, Marital status, Ethnicity do not need to be part of the set so far as I can tell. You might want to build table lookups to those tables so that you can control the values entered but they do not belong in the set.

    I'm unclear as to the purpose of the other two child tables in the set. The intakes2 table has no valid clssn's to link by. You may have obscured those.
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 02-25-2015, 05:26 PM.
    There can be only one.

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      #17
      Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

      Hmm, I inherited it...

      I'll have a look. Thanks!

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        #18
        Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

        With counties in the set, why defined as one to many is yet another mystery, I couldn't change the county field value in the default browse for the set. Removing it allowed me to do so.
        There can be only one.

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          #19
          Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

          Dan

          Stan nailed it as usual.

          You should also compact your database to remove excess storage in the data structure files.

          The intake.sem shrunk more than 75%

          The intake2.dbf contains a lot of empty fields too.. but that may be an application issue..
          Al Buchholz
          Bookwood Systems, LTD
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            #20
            Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

            Originally posted by DLATSHAW View Post
            Hmm, I inherited it...
            Always my favorite - except for the ones I inherit from myself........
            Al Buchholz
            Bookwood Systems, LTD
            Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

            Occam's Razor - KISS
            Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
            Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
            When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
            "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
            Albert Einstein

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              #21
              Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

              That fixed it.

              Is a set just supposed to be tables? I didn't create it, and i must be too lazy to look up the use and creation of sets.

              County, Marital status and ethnicity are not tables so they don't belong in there.

              Thank again!
              dan

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                #22
                Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

                Originally posted by DLATSHAW View Post
                That fixed it.

                Is a set just supposed to be tables? I didn't create it, and i must be too lazy to look up the use and creation of sets.

                County, Marital status and ethnicity are not tables so they don't belong in there.

                Thank again!
                dan
                Actually they are tables...

                But as Stan indicated, the should be lookup tables in fieldrules rather than a linked table in the set.
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

                http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                  #23
                  Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

                  With the control panel visible, File menu, Workspace compact (or Database compact depending on settings).

                  Slow afternoon here. Added the lookups in the field rules for the intake1 table. Unzip this to your non-current database location and overwrite the intakes1 table. The marital, ethnicity, and county fields on the form now will look up their values from the appropriate tables.

                  Note to those who tread this way at some future time: This would have been nearly impossible to diagnose without the files provided.

                  Removed the zip, forgot about the ssn's in there.
                  Last edited by Stan Mathews; 02-25-2015, 10:09 PM.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #24
                    Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

                    Originally posted by Al Buchholz View Post
                    Actually they are tables...

                    But as Stan indicated, the should be lookup tables in fieldrules rather than a linked table in the set.
                    OK, i see them now. You know my database better than i do. I see what the designer was trying to do, and i agree that they do not need to be tables.

                    Thanks again.

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                      #25
                      Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

                      Once again thanks everyone. I'll probably be posting some more questions on the few things that are left on my list.

                      This is for a non-profit agency that provides help to people with their rent, shelter, utilities and vouchers for food. They will greatly appreciate the time you've saved and the help you've provided.

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                        #26
                        Re: Form not saving data from type-in field

                        Originally posted by Stan Mathews View Post
                        Note to those who tread this way at some future time: This would have been nearly impossible to diagnose without the files provided.
                        Amen to that. And look how quickly it was solved.. Thanks to Stan. Da Man.

                        And to Dan for providing the files so quickly.
                        Al Buchholz
                        Bookwood Systems, LTD
                        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                        Occam's Razor - KISS
                        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                        Albert Einstein

                        http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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