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Make Table Query for Last Record Entered

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kdowney

IS-IT--Management
Oct 9, 2002
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I need to export data to an MS Word mail merge format. I'm assuming I need a make table query; the data from which I will then export. Because of the nature of the data entry (sometimes one record entered in a day, sometimes more), this needs to be done one entry at a time.

I can create a query that asks for the unique field criteria to be input, but is there a way to write a query that automatically pulls the data from the last record entered?

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks!
 
If there is an ID on the table (a date would work, too) try to build a query on a query. First query (q1) would look like:

SELECT Max(MyTable.Field1) AS NewRecord
FROM MyTable;

Second query (q2) would look like:

SELECT MyTable.*
FROM q1 INNER JOIN MyTable ON q1.NewRecord = MyTable.Field1;

Good Luck,
Poop
 
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