Pam, The only thing I can think of would be to add a default value of "" (there are no spaces there. That way you end up with a zero length field rather than a null. Just remember that you set that when you do a search. (You will no longer be able to search for null in this field. James -----Original Message----- From: Pam [mailto:ltf01@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:17 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx2 Hi James, For CatNum I have the following set: Data Type: Text Field Size: 15 Required: yes Allow Zero Length: no Indexed: no Unicode Compression: yes For ItemNum I have the following set: Data Type: Text Field Size: 7 Required: no Allow Zero Length: yes Indexed: no Unicode Compression: yes All other options are blank for those 2 fields. See anything out of whack? I sure hope so because I really need this to work. Pam -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James LaBorde Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:16 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx3 Pam, Have you changed the setting that reads Allow Zero Length for the second field? It should be on the bottom half of the page in design mode when you highlight the second field. If you don't have that set to yes, it will require that you have something there. James -----Original Message----- From: Pam [mailto:ltf01@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:14 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx3 I need the field contents to match what someone would search on. Thank you for your help thus far. I wonder why Access doesn't care that you've already told it... Required: No, Indexed: No. It still requires a value. Could it be the type of field I'm using? I have it set as a text field currently. Pam -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James LaBorde Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:18 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx3 Very odd. You may end up having to list the item number as 0 -----Original Message----- From: Pam [mailto:ltf01@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:14 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx3 It's telling me that index or primary key cannot contain a null value. I have only the 2 fields set as the primary keys, catNum is set to be required, itemNum is not. Pam -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James LaBorde Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:11 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx2 What is the error you are getting? It should be requiring you to have a unique catnum if you have no itemnum. James -----Original Message----- From: Pam [mailto:ltf01@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:06 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx2 Hi James, I set up a new table as you suggested, did the primary key as you described, but even though I told it Yes on Required for CatNum and No on Required for the ItemNum it still won't let me save a record if there is nothing in the ItemNum field. Any suggestions? Pam -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James LaBorde Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:04 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2k :VSMail mx3 Pam, You can create a dual primary field. Just create a new table for now to do this. Create the table, using CatNum, and ItemNum rather than the pound sign. (The pound sign can cause other problems down the road.) In the design view highlight both these fields and click on the Primary Key icon. You will have a dual primary key enabled. Under CatNum, change the Required field to Yes. With this configuration, you will be allowed to have any number of the same category you want and any number of the same item you want, as long as both are not exact duplicates of another set. In order to check for existing duplicates, do an Append query from your existing table to your new table. When you execute it, you will get an error message telling you that ## of records won't be added due to key violations. Click Ok to this. You will now have a new table with no duplicate entries. If you need any help with this just holler. 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