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Search Using Queries
Gary Orros 
     
4 years ago
Hi everyone

I'm stuck again, as some may know I am a newbie making his first database. So I'm really sorry if this sounds as stupid as a question or if I've just mugged myself off.

I've got my main customer form made with the two subforms all working together from the different tables displaying the data I need. So I moved on to the search form and I built the original unbound text box from Richards's first video as I would like to search for data from a form and not from inside the database would work better for me.
As to be expected it all works using the query and the fields I've set up but I can't seem to do anything with the results. I get the data displayed in a table view from the query. I would like from to double-click or select that record with a button to load it into my main form. But looking around with basic knowledge I'm not sure I can adapt or display query data in a form. So I've probably miss understood this or trying to be too clever for my own good.

I'm wondering is there a different way to search without using unbound text boxes for the data? or do I need some sort of code to make this work? But unfortunately, this now leads to another question In my database, I will have a few bits of doubled-up data (not from me but from mistakes from staff previously) So if I have two options from the search, how can select which one I want if I cant click on it to run an event or similar function.

Sorry for the long question but couldn't really explain another way. Any advice would be greatly received.

Thanks Gary
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
4 years ago
Gary Orros OP  @Reply  
     
4 years ago
Thanks very much, Alex

That's a good option.
I'm just wondering if in the future if I have like 2/3000+ records will the "Search Form 2.0" still work ok or will it take a while to load the form?

Thanks
Kevin Robertson  @Reply  
          
4 years ago
Hi Gary,

I just populated the Customer Table in the database from the video with 100,000 records and it still worked perfectly without any noticeable difference in speed.
Scott Axton  @Reply  
      
4 years ago
Today's computers are fast enough you shouldn't see any lag.  I put the my customer db into the sample search table and it is instant for 25,727 records.

If you do see any lag at all you could take a look at your indexes. Cover many places but starting in Beginner 4
Scott Axton  @Reply  
      
4 years ago
By the way, as long as the fields are in your query and that query is your Record Source for that form, you can use any of the fields from the query to search on.
Gary Orros OP  @Reply  
     
4 years ago
Wow, they are large numbers, I very much doubt I would ever have that amount. But with that, I can carry on building and
the way I am without issue.

Thanks again guys

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