Date up-date when change

[julioot]

Hi everyone,



Im new here and new to access. So far everything is working out for me except for one problem.


I want my database to be able to change the date when I make a change a single change within 1 record.

So for instance when i have a table with name, city, phone number and a date. I want access to update the date only when i change the phone number.

Can anyone give me a clue as to how I would be able to make this happen?

[RuralGuy]

You would do that in a form in the BeforeUpdate event.

[julioot]

Yes thank you!
I've came to the point where my date updates everytime I update a record.

But that's not exactually what I want. I want the date to be updated only when I change 1 spesific value.

So far I used this guideline http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ac...010241284.aspx Can anyone tellme what step i need to change or add to come to my desire?

[RuralGuy]

You only get an AfterUpdate event for a control when the value has been change. Therefore I would suggest you use the AfterUpdate event of the control in question to change the date rather than the BeforeUpdate event of the form.

[julioot]

Oh, found it.

Instead of do a before update event on the entire form. You should only apply it on the spesific value. Tryed it before, didnt work. Tryed it now. Worked instantly.

Solved! thanks for the help

[RuralGuy]

Excellent! Glad we could help.