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Hi there, Let my preface this post by saying that I have some experience working with Access, but nothing official and so what I know is as a result of hacking my way through. Also, let me start by saying that I apologise if this seems long...

Hi there,

Let my preface this post by saying that I have some experience working with Access, but nothing official and so what I know is as a result of hacking my way through. Also, let me start by saying that I apologise if this seems long winded, but I am unsure how much info to give.

I've inherited a database at work which I need to develop further, but it uses some methods I am unfamiliar with, though I think I understand enough to know they need to be there.

Basically the database is a customer transaction system and its that particular section I am trying to sort.

I have a table (tblPupilTransaction) which is meant to be updated whenever a transaction occurs. It has :

Transaction Date
PupilID
EAN (item code)
Billing Status
Quantity
ValueExcVAT
ValueIncVAT

However, because there will only be a static group of customers that can purchase from us, we have a lookup table (tlkpPupil) which has :

PupilID
FamilyName
GivenName
CurrentFlag

My difficulty comes when developing the form that would be used to input the transactions. I had thought to use combo boxes to link FamilyName, GivenName and PupilID into one selection, but that doesn't automatically complete the exisiting PupilID field (which cannot have a null).

Likewise, when I use a combo box to put in the product data, the price is not automatically complete (these also have the appropriate lookup tables).

So, in short, I want to know how I create a form which will input into tblPupilTransaction while using the lookup tables to make the pupil and product selections easier.

Can anyone offer advice?