>hi hilmar, thanks for your reply.
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>i have only about 300-400 records in my table. this will not change for at least 4-5 years so i chose list box.
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>i will try to see some other options. thanks for your suggestion. (",)/
You can have the primary key for your table in a second, invisible column. Then, when the user selects a value, it should be relatively easy to obtain the primary key, and seek in the table, for instance.
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