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data from several fields in one field

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RTKarkivi

Technical User
Jun 28, 2003
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Hello,

how can i have all the data from two ore more different fields in one new field, ex: "names" in the namefield and the "surname" in the surnamefield.


thanks in advance,
Hysen
 
Put this as the Control Source (change to match your field names, of course)
=[fName] & " " & [lName]

You can get fancier to deal with situations where there are null values in those fields, but that gets the basic job done.

Hope that helps.

Jeremy

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AlphaBet City Dataworks
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Thanks Jeremy, thanks indeed.

Could I also, have them separated with commas?


Hysen
 
Sure. That's one of the cases where you're going to get a bit more fancy, as it would look pretty funny if you ended up with ", Smith", which happens more often than you might think.

Try this: [LastName] & (", " + [FirstName])

Hope that is helpful.

Jeremy

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Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Affordable Development, Professionally Done

Please post in the appropriate forum with a descriptive subject; code and SQL, if referenced; and expected results. See thread181-473997 for more pointers.
 
Jeremy, it worked great. Thanks again.

If u don't mind, I have another question regarding to this.
Well, the form is ok. But the form is based upon a table, where I the new field stays blank. So, the results does not affect the table. What could be the problem?
 
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