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    Susan D is offline Novice
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    Prefill the City and State upon entering the Zip on a form

    I am new to this and have created a database (which I have been populating). I would like to enter the zip code and automatically have the city and state prefill. I have a table associated with my database which currently holds all the zip codes for PA (yes, I only need PA zip codes). How do I change my current database / form to do this. Doing this will keep an accurate record and will save time. I would appreciate any help. Thank you ... Susan

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    Is the zip the primary key of the zip codes table?

    One approach is to include the zip code table in the form RecordSource, join type "Include all records of the {primary table} and only those records of ZipCodes that match". Bind textboxes to city and state fields, set properties Locked Yes and TabStop No.

    There is no reason to save the city and state to the primary table. Retrieve them whenever needed by joining tables in query.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Susan D is offline Novice
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    Thank you, I will give it a try and let you know!

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