Question

I have a combo box on an form where the values are populated based on the value in a separate field.

To do this, I have created a combo box and set the “Row Source” to run a SQL statement.

The problem I am having is that if the data in the field changes, the combo box values do not update.

How do I get access to re-run the query?

Answer 1

See whether this description is reasonably close to your situation.

My form has a text box, txtFoo, and a combo box, cboBar.

The row source property for cboBar is a query which references txtFoo. And I want the combo’s contents updated in response to changes in txtFoo. The solution is to requery cboBar from txtFoo's after update event.

Private Sub txtFoo_AfterUpdate()
    Me.cboBar.Requery
End Sub