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Strange report behaviour

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Husein

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Jan 29, 2000
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This is just to share it with you. I am using Access 2000 and when I am using reports to join two fields I get an error #Error. The problem seems to be that the NAME of the control matches one of the names (fields) from the table/query. Eg.<br>
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Lets say we drag a field called Lastname to our report. The control with the same name is created (textbox). Now we want to add Firstname to it so it is a Full name. So for the Control Source we would add<br>
=[Lastname] & &quot;, &quot; & [Firstname]<br>
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When previewing the report it shows #Error, what you have to do is to change the name of the control which contained the field name Lastname into something else, like Fullname.
 
It has always been thus in All Versions of Access.<br>
Way to go on the troubleshooting side.<br>
<p> DougP<br><a href=mailto: dposton@universal1.com> dposton@universal1.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>
 
Yes, this is the same for Access 97--it's called a circular reference and I always get caught on it! Easy enough to fix--just rename the field.
 
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