SC>Hello Michael,
SC>Thanks for your suggestion to my Access problem.  I'll try it.  I'll have 
to
SC>look in my book about using dialog boxes.  I haven't gotten that far yet. 
I'
SC>teaching myself Access.  Thanks again.
I am a rookie, too....:)....and, you are welcome.
SC>Do you also know how I can get Access to let me know when I've entered a
SC>duplicate record and to let me choose if I want to continue or to not 
contin
SC>with adding that record?  Take care.
I'm not sure about this one....when you create the a field in a table,
you can set it as an index and in the "Duplicates Allowed" property
field, check "No".....Access will then refuse to allow you to enter a
duplicate record.  As far as giving you an option to go ahead and enter
it, I'll have to do some research on that.  I'll try to get back with
you.  Good luck.
Mike
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