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    moneil is offline Novice
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    Replicating data from one field in another field in the same record.

    I'm building a database to catalog my book library. There will be a field named BOOK TITLE and another field named TITLE SORT. When I manually enter a new book I'll type the book's title in the BOOK TITLE filed and I want that same data to automatically be replicated in the TITLE SORT field. This way I can remove the leading letters "A" and "THE" from a book's title in the TITLE SORT field without having to retype the title or cut and paste it. This second title field will be useful for certain search / sort functions. Any help with setting this up will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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    pbaldy is offline Who is John Galt?
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    In a form, in the after update event of the first control:

    Me.TitleSort = Me.BookTitle

    using the names of your controls.
    Paul (wino moderator)
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