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    Lookups

    I'm having a brain freeze and Im trying go figure out how to get a value in a lookup. The table Im trying to get a value is "codes." In a serial number for a particular manufacturer the second alpha character is the year of manufacture. So if the Serial number is FM4643938 then the year is 2002. I thought if I had a table with the manufacturer name, letter, and year number then I could look at the Serial number and determine the year from that table. So lets say Whirlpool is that manufacturere and the letter is M and the year is 2002 in my codes table. I do have the formula of substr(serial,2,1) to look up matching information for my codes table. How can I make this happen? I losing my hair and I cant afford that!
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    RE: Lookups

    David - I'm confused?

    Goal: "get a value in a lookup".

    You say: The table Im trying to get a value is "codes." You want to get a value FROM this table or place a value in this table? What other fields are in this table?

    "I thought if I had a table with the manufacturer name, letter, and year number" What is the name of this table?

    Do you want to filter a lookup on a related table or do you want to fill fields with the lookup values?

    I need more order to offer more help.

    Tom

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      #3
      RE: Lookups

      Tom,

      I'm wondering if he wants to 'search' the lookup table for a code rather than view a list of codes and make a selection??

      kenn
      TYVM :) kenn

      Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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        RE: Lookups

        Ok. let me explain the best way I can
        The table I am in is "appliance". The fields involved in the appliance table are "serial number" and "year". When I enter the serial number I want the year field to update with the particular year.

        The table it will be looking at is "codes".
        In this table are fields called "vendor", "letter",
        and "year". So as follows is an example:

        Whirlpool M 2000

        I willl be in the "appliance" table, entering a serial number and then I want the year field to update with the appropriate year when it looks in the "codes" table.

        I hope I made this clear.

        Again, thanks for the help!

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          RE: Lookups

          David

          I think you have got everyone confused, why do you need a table for the codes? Are you trying to create a method to identify the year based on a letter in the appliance code? We would like to help but your objective is not clear.

          Keith Hubert
          London.
          Regards
          Keith Hubert
          Alpha Guild Member
          London.
          KHDB Management Systems
          Skype = keith.hubert


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            RE: Lookups

            David

            It sounds like you want the lookup to be automatic. This would require that the year field be calculated and probably part of field rules. Attached is a simple database showing how this can be done with the codes in one table and the serials in another.

            A complicating factor would occur if different manufacturer put the year code is a different position in the serial. This would require an intermediate calculated field for the code, based on the manufacturer.

            Jerry

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