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    JPDamme is offline Novice
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    import excel data in combobox field


    Hi,

    I have a combo box in my database where i can check muliple items.
    (in the form i see the dropdown where i can check multiple values)

    Now in excel i hav a list containing multiple items in each cell seperated by "; " between each item in the cell

    When i try to import this excel data in my database, it will not import any data.
    Any suggestion would be welcome.

    Best regards,
    Jean-Pierre

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    Micron is online now Virtually Inert Person
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    Seems like you have a multi value combo there because in a regular combo you can't "check" list items, nor can you select multiple list items. I cannot say if that is the problem but I suspect it is. The list items you see are actually in records (rows) in a hidden table so I would expect the import to fail. I would not use multi value field as a rule so I can't say for sure. Perhaps review
    The evils of lookup fields - http://access.mvps.org/access/lookupfields.htm
    About Multi Value Fields - https://www.isladogs.co.uk/multivalu...lds/index.html
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